Dichomeris tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909)

(Figs 12, 24)

Ypsolophus tephrodes Meyrick, 1909: 18 .

Ilinggiotis tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909): Meyrick, 1925: 191.

Ilinggiotis tephrodes ab. castanea Ghesquière, 1940: 56.

Neopachnistis tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909): Janse, 1954: 360; Vari & Kroon, 1986: 86, 130, 161. Dichomeris tephrodes (Meyrick, 1909): Ponomarenko, 2009: 308; LepIndex [accessed 2 April 2012].

Material examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 3, RSA, Transvaal, Sericea-Farm, 28–30.xi.2004, LF, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide no. ZH09100 (MfN); 1 3, RSA, Transvaal, Waterberg. Groen-fontain, 30.xi.2004, leg. W. Mey (MfN).

Distribution. Congo, South Africa.

Remarks. The species of the former genus Neopachnistis (regarded as a synonym of Dichomeris) distributed in South Africa with the male vinculum with lateral lobe narrowed towards apex, and the sicae about or shorter than 1/2 length of vinculum.