Homaloxestis ocyphanes, Meyrick, 1937

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., 2021, A review of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5070 (1), pp. 1-83 : 44

[No available genus] ocyphanes Meyrick, 1937

Homaloxestis ocyphanes Meyrick, 1937: 95 .

Scrobipalpa ocyphanes ( Meyrick, 1937) —Janse 1949, pl. 9, fig. 2; Janse 1960: 236, pl. 15, pl. 35a.

Remarks. Homaloxestis ocyphanes was described from a single male from Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The male genitalia match neither those of the genus Scrobipalpa nor the lecithocerid genus Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1910 , but indicate a possible relationship of this species with the genus Armatophallus Bidzilya, 2015 . The species cannot be assigned to any current genus. Its placement will need to be re-assessed when additional material of ocyphanes , including the female, becomes available.