Hypatima loxosaris ( Meyrick, 1918 )

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 500-501

Hypatima loxosaris ( Meyrick, 1918)

Fig. 11

Chelaria loxosaris Meyrick, 1918: 21 . TL: South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Umkomaas.

Hypatima loxosaris ( Meyrick, 1918) — Janse 1949: 45.

Material examined. 1♂, AM 163 , South Africa, Gauteng, Krokodilspruit , 25°35’12,5”S 28° 25’42,9”E (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 195/18, O. Bidzilya) ( HSS) .

Biology. The larva was observed feeding on Dichrostachys cinerea (Fabaceae) in late February. Adult emerged 7.iii ( Staude et al. 2020: 55). First host-plant record for this species.

Distribution. South Africa, Mozambique ( Meyrick 1918; Janse 1949: 45).

Remarks. The male genitalia of H. loxosaris ( Fig. 11 ) do not match those of the genus Hypatima Hübner, 1825 . The generic assignment of the species needs to be appraised in the context of a revision.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Hypatoma loxosaris, male genitalia (gen. slide 195/19, O. Bidzilya).