Hypatima tetraptila (Meyrick, 1909)

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 501-502

Hypatima tetraptila (Meyrick, 1909)

Figs 15, 16

Semodictis tetraptila Meyrick, 1909a: 16 , pl. 5, f. 7. TL: South Africa: Gauteng, Kranspoort.

Hypatima tetraptila (Meyrick, 1909) — Janse 1949: 50.

Material examined. 1♂, 17HSS227, pup. 21.i.2018, em. 31.i.2018 (gen. slide 219/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♂, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), SM 393b, Gelechiidae reared on Searsia crenata , Anacardiaceae, Robberg Nature Reserve, South Africa, Western Cape, Plettenberg Bay 34˚06’10’’S, 23˚23’32’’E, 26.v.2014 eclosed (S. Mecenero) (gen. slide 122/19, O. Bidzilya) ( HSS); 1♂, Beacon Bay, East London, Eastern Cape, from larva ex Allophylus , em. 7.x.1982 (N.L. Duke) ( TMSA).

Biology. The larvae were observed feeding on Searsia crenata (Anacardiaceae) in January and May. Adults emerged 31.i and 26.v. One male ( Fig. 15 ) was bred from Allophylus sp. ( Sapindaceae ) in early October ( Staude et al. 2020: 297 as unidentified species 17HSS227).

Distribution. South Africa ( Meyrick 1916; Janse 1949: 42).

Figures

FIGURES 12–16. Hypatima spp. 12–14. H. melanecta (gen. slide 133/19, O. Bidzilya). 12. Adult, male. 13. Male genitalia. 14. Female genitalia (gen. slide 292/20, O. Bidzilya). 15, 16. H. tetraptila. 15. Adult, male. 16. Male genitalia (gen. slide 122/19, O. Bidzilya).