Dichomeris torrefacta (Meyrick, 1914)

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FAMILY Gelechiidae
SUBFAMILY Dichomeridinae
GENUS Dichomeris
SPECIES torrefacta
AUTHOR(Meyrick, 1914)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONBrachmia 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
COMMENTTransferred 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 Bhl

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 PUBLICATIONPAGE
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