Alocypha Weise, 1911 Figs 6120282

References.

Weise 1911: 170; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 403.

Type species.

Alocypha litura Weise, 1911: 171 (East Africa: Lindi) [(= Aphthona bimaculata Jacoby, 1903a: 11) (KwaZulu-Natal)], designation by monotypy.

Distribution.

Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania and Zambia (Fig. 282).

Ecology.

Alocypha bimaculata is a harmful pest of Sesame ( Sesamum indicum L.) ( Pedaliaceae) crops, particularly in Tanzania (Mponda et al. 1997).

Notes.

Only one species is known.