Dichomeris plumbosa (Meyrick, 1913)

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 plumbosa (Meyrick, 1913)

( Figs 11 , 23 )

Trichotaphe plumbosa Meyrick, 1913: 302 ; Meyrick, 1925: 196; Janse, 1954: 428. Dichomeris (Trichotaphe) plumbosa (Meyrick) : Vári & Kroon, 1986: 69, 112, 160.

Material examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 3, RSA, Transvaal, Pullen-Farm, 30 km, SE Nelspruit, 24–26.xi.2004, leg. W. Mey.

Distribution. South Africa.

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.