Asapharcha, Meyrick, 1920, Meyrick, 1920

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram & Rajaei, Hossein, 2024, Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 5443 (4), pp. 548-566 : 551

Key to species identification based on female genitalia

(Note: females of A. angustella sp. nov., A. centrotypa , A. unipunctella sp. nov. are unknown)

1. Signum absent ( Figs 33, 34, 37, 38 )...................................................................... 2

- Signum present ( Figs 35, 36 )............................................................................ 4

2. Ductus bursae very long, conspicuously differentiated from rounded, folded corpus bursae ( Figs 37, 38 )........ A. tauropis

- Ductus bursae short with gradual junction to elongate corpus bursae ( Figs 33, 34 ).................................. 3

3. Subostial sclerite irregular, ductus bursae slender, 1/2 as long as corpus bursae ( Fig. 34 )............ A. lacistoides sp. nov.

- Subostial sclerite subrhomboidal, ductus bursae wide, longer than corpus bursae ( Fig. 33 ).............. A. fuscomaculata

4. Signum conical ( Fig. 36 )...................................................................... A. strigifera

- Signum plate-shaped ( Fig. 35 ).......................................................................... 5

5. Signum situated along longitudinal axis of corpus bursae ( Janse1958: pl. 6; 1960: pl. 65k).................... A. hirsuta

- Signum situated near middle of corpus bursae ( Fig. 35 )................................... A. ochrocapitella sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 33–38. Asapharcha spp., female genitalia. 33. A. fuscomaculata (Namibia, Kunene, Epupa Falls; gen. slide 38/23, O. Bidzilya). 34. A. lacistoides sp. nov., paratype (Namibia, Hobatere Lodge gen. slide 34/23, O. Bidzilya). 35. A. ochrocapitella sp. nov., Paratype (Zimbabwe, Bulawayo; gen. slide 47/09, O. Bidzilya). 36. A. strigifera (Namibia, Kunene; gen. slide 30/23, O. Bidzilya). 37. A. tauropis, holotype of A. crateropa (Mozambique, Makulane; gen. slide 500/23, O. Bidzilya). 38. A. tauropis, Blouberg, NR, South Africa (South Africa, Blauberg NR; gen. slide 385/23, O. Bidzilya).