Tricerophora commaculata ( Meyrick, 1921 )

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 517

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690657
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scientific name	Tricerophora commaculata ( Meyrick, 1921 )
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Tricerophora commaculata ( Meyrick, 1921) View in CoL

Telphusa commaculata Meyrick, 1921: 69 View in CoL . TL: Mozambique, Magude.

Tricerophora commaculata ( Meyrick, 1921) View in CoL — Janse 1958: 65.

Material examined. 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M30, Gelechioidea, reared on Lannea sweinfurthii , Anacardiaceae, Caskets farm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 12.xii.2012 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 21/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M30, Gelechioidea, reared on Lannea sweinfurthii , Anacardiaceae, Tshukudu Game Reserve , South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚17’09’’S, 30˚55’41’’E, 11.xii.2013 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 10/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♂, same data M1918, but 26.xi.2017 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (all HSS).

Biology. Larvae were observed feeding on Lannea sweinfurthii (Anacardiaceae) in November. Adults emerged 16.xi, 11 and12.xii ( Staude et al. 2016: 73, 74; Staude et al. 2020: 59).

Distribution. South Africa ( Janse 1958: 66), Mozambique ( Meyrick 1921: 69), Zimbabwe ( Bidzilya & Mey 2018: 84).

Remarks. The male associated with T. commaculata ( Janse 1958, pl. 9, pl 54, fig. c; Bidzilya & Mey 2018, fig. 21) should be referred to T. pundamilia . The male of T. commaculata remains unknown.