Helcystogramma lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847)

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 503

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E32A9743-839A-4740-A8B7-E82340238097
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690605
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scientific name	Helcystogramma lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847)
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Helcystogramma lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847) View in CoL

Gelechia lamprostoma Zeller, 1847: 851 View in CoL . TL: Italy: Sicily, Syracusa.

Onebala lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847) — Meyrick 1925: 138.

Dichomeris lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847) —Karsholt & Riedl 1996: 120.

Helcystogramma lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847) View in CoL — Agassiz & Bidzilya 2016: 127.

Anacampsis scutata Meyrick, 1894: 14 View in CoL . TL: Myanmar, Fort Stedman. Synonymized by Meyrick 1925: 138.

Material examined. 1♀, AM279 , South Africa, Gauteng, Krokodilspruit , 25°35’12,5”S 28°25’42,9”E, 21.xii.2018 em. (A. & I. Sharp) ( HSS) GoogleMaps .

Biology. The larva was observed feeding on Terminalia sericea (Combretaceae) in South Africa. Adult emerged 21xii.2018 ( Staude et al. 2020: 55). Previously recorded from Prosopis sp. ( Fabaceae ) in Israel (Halperin & Sauter 1992: 121).

Distribution. Spain (with Canary Islands), Portugal, France, Malta, Italy (Sicilia and Sardinia), North Africa, Turkey, Middle East, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa (Karsholt & Riedl 1996: 120; Ponomarenko 2009: 283; De Prins & De Prins 2020).