Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690615
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scientific name	Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913
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Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913 View in CoL

Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913: 172 View in CoL . TL: Sri Lanka: Hambantota; India: Bombay.

Material examined. 1♂, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M196, Gelechiidae reared on unindet. plant, Casketts farm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit , 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 20.iii.2013 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 138/19, O. Bidzilya) ; 1♀, AM158 South Africa, Gauteng, Krokodilspruit , 25°35’12,5”S, 28°25’42,9”E, 20.ii.2018 em. (A. Sharp) (all HSS) GoogleMaps .

Biology. The larvae were observed feeding on Tephrosia rhodesica (Fabaceae) in early February and early March. Adults emerged 20.ii and 20.iii ( Staude et al. 2016: 67, 68; Staude et al. 2020: 57).

Distribution. South Africa ( Meyrick 1913b: 173), Sri Lanka, India (Meyrick 1913).