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Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920)

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Lectotype ♂ MNHN Lectotype ♂, designated by P. Viette (1951b: 89), genitalia slide O. V. Bidzilya 233♀, MNHN. Kenya Kenya, British East Africa, coast region, Tiwi, xi.1911, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel. Viette P. 1951b. Les types de Tinéides de Meyrick appartenant au Muséum de Paris (Lep.). page 79–80
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Lectotype ♂ MNHN Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, MNHN. Kenya Kenya, British East Africa, coast region, Tiwi, xi.1911, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel. Viette P. 1951b. Les types de Tinéides de Meyrick appartenant au Muséum de Paris (Lep.). page 79–80
Distribution note:

The records of Namibia as Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921 (O. V. Bidzilya 2007: 105, and O. V. Bidzilya & W. Mey 2011: pl. 32, fig. 20; pl. 5, fig. 26; pl. 11, fig. 43) refer to Asapharcha lacistoides Bidzilya, Mey & Rajaei, 2024 (see O. V. Bidzilya et al. 2024: 563).

Bidzilya O. V., Mey W. & Rajaei H. 2024a. Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Ethiopia Bidzilya O. V., Mey W. & Rajaei H. 2024a. Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. page 563 (as tauropis)
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Kenya Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. page 80
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Mozambique Meyrick E. 1930a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. page 555 (as crateropa)
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) South Africa Janse A. J. T. 1960. The Moths of South Africa. VI. Gelechiadae. page 146 (as tauropis)
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) South Africa Mpumalanga Bidzilya O. V., Mey W. & Rajaei H. 2024a. Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. page 563 (as tauropis)
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) South Africa Limpopo Mey W. & Kühne L. 2014. Results of a short collecting trip to the Central Lowveld in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, with description of Deltote johnjoannoui sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 241 (as tauropis)
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Uganda Meyrick E. 1939. New Microlepidoptera, with notes on others. page 56
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Zimbabwe Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 92 (as tauropis)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Asapharcha deltopis (Meyrick, 1920) Hibiscus micranthus Malvaceae Uganda Meyrick E. 1939. New Microlepidoptera, with notes on others. page 56
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Asapharcha crateropa Meyrick, 1930 Meyrick, 1930 species Synonym Asapharcha crateropa
Asapharcha tauropis (Meyrick, 1921) (Meyrick, 1921) species Synonym Lacistodes tauropis