Armatophallus exoenota ( 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 : 517

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690653
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scientific name	Armatophallus exoenota ( Meyrick, 1918 )
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Armatophallus exoenota ( Meyrick, 1918) View in CoL

Gelechia exoenota Meyrick, 1918: 52 View in CoL . TL: South Africa: Gauteng, Pretoria.

Gelechia xylophaea Meyrick, 1921: 71 View in CoL . TL: Zimbabwe, Umvuma. Synonymized by Bidzilya (2015: 416).

Schizovalva exoenota ( Meyrick, 1918) — Bidzilya 2007: 101, figs. 37, 38; pl. 7, fig. 4.

Armatophallus exoenota ( Meyrick, 1918) View in CoL —Bidzilya 2015: 416.

Material examined. 1♂, Staude et al. (2016), 12HSS153, Gelechiidae , reared on Senegalia caffra , Fabaceae, Steenkoppies farm, South Africa, Gauteng, Magaliesburg, 26˚01’25’’S, 27˚32’36’’E, 1580 m, Grassland/wooded kloof, 06.ii.2013 eclosed (H. Staude) ( HSS).

Biology. Larva was observed feeding on Senegalia caffra (Fabaceae) in January. Adult emerged 6.ii (Staude et. al. 2016: 67, 68).

Distribution. South Africa ( Meyrick 1918: 52), Zimbabwe ( Meyrick 1921: 71), Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Gambia, Cameroon ( Bidzilya 2007: 99; Bidzilya 2015: 416).