Perittia secutrix (Meyrick, 1914)

Mendesia secutrix Meyrick, 1914b: 196 . Type locality: South Africa, Pretoria (Meyrick 1914b: 196). Three syntypes, in TMSA.

Perittia secutrix: De Prins & De Prins (2017) .

Distribution: Afrotropical. South Africa.

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: No illustration available.

Remarks: Parenti (1988) transferred M. secutrix from Elachistidae to Scythrididae . Vári et al. (2002: 40) listed M. secutrix in Elachistidae . Sruoga & De Prins (2009: 28) followed Parenti (1988) and removed the taxon from Elachistidae . De Prins & De Prins (2017) transferred it to Perittia .