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Issue: Vol. 3608 No. 7: 24 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.7.3
Page range: 561–574
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Notes on Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Southern Africa and Kenya, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae)

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at Humboldt Universität, Invalidenstr. 43, D – 10115 Berlin, Germany
Lepidoptera Gelechiidae Dichomeridinae Dichomeris new species Africa

Abstract

This paper deals with 12 species of the genus Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Southern Africa and Kenya. Seven species are described as new: D. arquata sp. nov., D. brevicornuta sp. nov., D. dentata sp. nov., D. ligulacea sp. nov., D. paulidigitata sp. nov., D. tenextrema sp. nov. and D. ventriprojecta sp. nov.; and other five known species are listed. Images of adults and illustrations of genitalia are provided.

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