Dichomeris tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909)

Li, Houhun, Zhen, Hui & Mey, Wolfram, 2013, Notes on Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Southern Africa and Kenya, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae), Zootaxa 3608 (7), pp. 561-574 : 573

Dichomeris tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909)

( Figs 12 , 24 )

Ypsolophus tephrodes Meyrick, 1909: 18 .

Ilinggiotis tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909) : Meyrick, 1925: 191.

Ilinggiotis tephrodes ab. castanea Ghesquière, 1940: 56.

Neopachnistis tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909) : Janse, 1954: 360; Vari & Kroon, 1986: 86, 130, 161. Dichomeris tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909) : Ponomarenko, 2009: 308; LepIndex [accessed 2 April 2012].

Material examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 3, RSA, Transvaal, Sericea-Farm, 28–30.xi.2004, LF, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide no. ZH09100 (MfN); 1 3, RSA, Transvaal, Waterberg. Groen-fontain, 30.xi.2004, leg. W. Mey (MfN).

Distribution. Congo, South Africa.

Remarks. The species of the former genus Neopachnistis (regarded as a synonym of Dichomeris ) distributed in South Africa with the male vinculum with lateral lobe narrowed towards apex, and the sicae about or shorter than 1/2 length of vinculum.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Adults of Dichomeris spp. 7. D. ventriprojecta sp. nov., holotype 3; 8. D. acuminata (Staudinger), 3; 9. D. impigra Meyrick, ♀; 10. D. marmorata (Walsingham), 3; 11. D. plumbosa (Meyrick), 3; 12. D. tephrodes (Meyrick), 3.

FIGURES 19 – 24. Male genitalia of Dichomeris spp. 19. D. ventriprojecta sp. nov., holotype, genitalia slide no. ZH 09098; 20. D. acuminata (Staudinger), genitalia slide no. ZH 09104; 21. D. impigra Meyrick, genitalia slide no. ZH 09103; 22. D. marmorata (Walsingham), genitalia slide no. ZH 09092; 23. D. plumbosa (Meyrick), genitalia slide no. ZH 09106; 24. D. tephrodes (Meyrick), genitalia slide no. ZH 09100.