Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 516

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690645
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scientific name	Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913
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Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913 View in CoL

Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913: 282 View in CoL . TL: South Africa: Mpumalanga, Three Sisters.

Material examined. 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M255, Gelechiidae reared on Phyllanthus nummularifolius , Phyllantaceae, Casketts darm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 24.iv.2013 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 193/20, O. Bidzilya) ( HSS).

Biology. Larvae were observed feeding on Phyllanthus nummularifolius and Ph. reticulatus (Phyllantaceae) in April. Adults emerged 24.iv ( Staude et al. 2016: 67, 68).

Distribution. South Africa ( Meyrick 1913a: 282; Janse 1950: 110).