Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 508

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.4690633
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scientific name	Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958
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Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958 View in CoL

Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958: 93 View in CoL . TL: South Africa: Limpopo, Tzaneen.

Material examined. 1♂, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M616, Gelechiidae reared on Kirkia acuminata , Kirkiaceae, Casketts farm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 28.ii.2014 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 64/19, O. Bidzilya) ( HSS).

Biology. The larva was observed feeding on Kirkia acuminata (Kirkiaceae) in late January. Adult emerged 28.ii ( Staude et al. 2016: 64, 65).

Distribution. South Africa ( Janse 1958: 93).