Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)

(Figs 8, 20, 26)

Mesophleps (?) acuminatus Staudinger, 1876: 148 .

Hypsolophus ianthes Meyrick, 1887: 273 .

Ypsolophus rusticus Walsingham, 1892: 525 .

Ypsolophus lotellus Constant, 1893: 398 .

Ypsolophus ammoxanthus Meyrick, 1904: 430 .

Ypsolophus ochrophanes Meyrick, 1907: 981; Clarke, 1969: 27.

Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger): Meyrick, 1925: 175; Gaede, 1937: 428; Zimmermann, 1978: 1706; Hodges, 1986: 38; Park & Hodges, 1995: 28; Li & Zheng, 1996: 230; Ponomarenko, 1997: 13.

Dichomeris (Dichomeris) acuminatus (Staudinger): Vári & Kroon, 1986: 6, 112, 160; Karsholt & Riedl, 1996: 120.

Material examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: RSA, Cederberg Algeria, Jamaka-Farm, 1 3, 21.iii.2005, 2 ƤƤ, 1–3.iii.2005, leg. W. Mey, LF. NAMIBIA: 1 Ƥ, NAMIBIA-Exp. ZMB 1992, East Caprivi: Mudumu NP: Nakatwa, 18°10’ S / 23°26’ E, 8–13.iii.1992, leg. W. Mey. KENYA: 7 3, 2 ƤƤ, 1.v.1991, 1 Ƥ, 30.vi.1991, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, leg. Houhun Li; 3 3, 1 Ƥ, Nairobi Medical School, Nairobi, Kenya, 30.ix.1991, leg. Houhun Li.

Host plants. Fabaceae: Indigofera pseudotinctoria Matsumura, Trifolium repens Linn., T. pratense Linn., Cyamopsis sp., Desmodium gyroides Candolle, Medicago sativa Linn., Cajanus cajan Linn., Sesbania sericea (Retz.), Tephrosia candida, T. purpurea, T. vogelii . (Park & Hodges 1995, Ponomarenko 2009).

Distribution. Africa: Kenya, Namibia, South Africa. Europe: Mediterranean Region. Asia: China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka. Australia, N. America, Hawaii.