Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Rajaei, Hossein, 2024, An illustrated and annotated catalogue of type specimens of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium), with taxonomic changes, Zootaxa 5496 (2), pp. 191-213 : 208

Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)

( Figs 22a–d )

Gelechia ochrocorys Meyrick, 1936 — Exotic Microlepidoptera, 5 (1–2), 43, syn. nov.

Type material. Holotype, ♂, [ DR Congo] Musée du Congo, Lubumbashi, 9.vi.1934, Ch. Seydel | Type, G. ochrocorys | M 4874 | R. Det. R 3154 | Gelechia ochrocorys Mey. | gen. slide 220/24, O. Bidzilya ( RMCA).

Remarks. Gelechia ochrocorys was described based on the male holotype, whose external characters and genitalia match those of Armatophallus exoenota . Therefore, we herewith synonymize it with the latter species.

Distribution. The Gambia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa ( Bidzilya 2015), DR Congo: Haut Ituri Province ( Meyrick, 1936).

Figures

FIGURES 21–24. 21. Photodotis modulatrix (Meyrick, 1938), holotype, male. 21a, adult. 21b, labels. 21c, male genitalia. 22. Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918), holotype, male. 22a, adult. 22b, labels. 22c, male genitalia. 22d, phallus. 23. Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916), holotype, male. 23a, adult. 23b, labels. 24. Scrobipalpa subroseata (Meyrick, 1932), holotype, male. 24a, adult. 24b, labels. 24c, male genitalia. 24d, phallus.