Tricerophora pundamilia Bidzilya & Mey, 2018

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 517-518

Tricerophora pundamilia Bidzilya & Mey, 2018

Tricerophora pundamilia Bidzilya & Mey, 2018: 87 , 82 (list). TL: South Africa: Limpopo, Kruger National Park, Punda Maria [Punda Milia] Gate.

Material examined. 1♂, LepsocAfrica CRG, M1222, Gelechiidae , reared on Sclerocarya birrea , Anacardiaceae, Caskets farm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 7.iii.2016 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 4/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♂, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M479, Gelechiidae , reared on Sclerocarya birrea cafra , Anacardiaceae, Caskets farm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 11. xi.2013 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 11/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, M1410, Gelechioidea, reared on Sclerocarya birrea cafra , Anacardiaceae , York farm, Hoedspruit, South Africa, Limpopo, 24˚15’53.4’’S, 30˚53’28.5’’E, 1.xi.2016 em. (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 5/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M905, Sclerocarya birrea cafra , Anacardiaceae, Blyde Botanical Nature Reserve, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚30’57’’S, 30˚50’03’’E, 13.xi.2014 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 13/19, O. Bidzilya) (all HSS).

Biology. Larvae were observed feeding on Sclerocarya birrea cafra (Anacardiaceae) in October and February. Adults emerged 1, 11, 13.xi and 7.iii ( Staude et al. 2016: 71, 72; Staude et al. 2020: 59).

Distribution. South Africa ( Bidzilya & Mey 2018: 87).