Dichomeris torrefacta (Meyrick, 1914)
FAMILY | Gelechiidae |
SUBFAMILY | Dichomeridinae |
GENUS | Dichomeris |
SPECIES | torrefacta |
AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1914) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Brachmia torrefacta, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Johannesburg, i, leg. H. Feltham. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, SAMC; Paratype 1♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Dichomeris by Hodges (1986: 13). |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1914b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 10:243-257. |
PAGINATION |
245-246
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Gauteng | Meyrick E. 1914b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 10:243-257. | 246 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Sapotaceae | Englerophytum magalismontanum | South Africa | Bidzilya O. V. 2021a. New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species. - Zootaxa 4952(3):495-522. | 507 |