Dichomeris coenulenta (Meyrick, 1927)

Figs 17, 18, 21

Cymotricha coenulenta Meyrick, 1927: 355 . TL: Zimbabwe: Umtali.

Trichotaphe coenulenta (Meyrick, 1927) — Janse 1954: 266.

Dichomeris coenulenta (Meyrick, 1927) — Ponomarenko 2009: 266.

Material examined. 1♀, South Africa, Limpopo, Vaalwater, Lapalala Wilderness, 23 52 47 S, 28 19 56 E, reared on Pterocarpus rotundifolia, Fabaceae, idem 17HSS99a, pup. 1.xii.2017, em. 12.xii.2017 (H. Staude) (gen. slide 200/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♀, idem 17HSS99, pup. 24.xi.2017, em. 30.xi.2017; 1♂, idem 17HSS99, pup. 24.xi.2017, em. 6.xii.2017 (H. Staude) (gen. slide 209/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♀, LepsocAfrica, Staude et al. (2016), M1283, Dichomeris sp. (det. L. Aarvik), Dichomeridinae, Gelechiidae, reared on Pterocarpus rotundifolia, Fabaceae, SAWC, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 16.iv.2016 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 150/19, O. Bidzilya) (all HSS).

Biology. The larvae were observed feeding on Pterocarpus rotundifolia (Fabaceae) in April and November. Adults emerged 6.iv and 12.xii (Staude et al. 2020: 56).

Distribution. South Africa (new record); Zimbabwe (Meyrick 1927: 355).

Remarks. The female genitalia of two studied specimens (Fig. 21) match in all details the illustration of the lectotype in Janse (1954, pl. 195, fig. 3). The male genitalia are indistinguishable from those of D. oenombra (Meyrick, 1914) sensu Janse (1954, Pl. 186, fig. 5; pl. 193, fig. 5). However, the male genitalia of the type of C. oenombra from Nyasaland (now Malawi) illustrated by Clarke (1969: 530, Pl. 264, figs 1-1b) do not match the above mentioned figures in Janse, which in fact represent D. coenulenta .