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637787B3FF9EE234FF61607BFA6EF843.text	637787B3FF9EE234FF61607BFA6EF843.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Key to species identification based on external characters of adult specimens</p><p>1. Forewing with large dark spot on posterior margin (Figs 1, 3, 5, 11–14).......................................... 2</p><p>- Forewing without spot on posterior margin (Figs 6–10, 15).................................................... 5</p><p>2. Ground colour of the forewing white (Fig. 5).............................................. A. lacistoides sp. nov.</p><p>- Ground colour of the forewing grey or brown.............................................................. 3</p><p>3. Ground colour of the forewing grey, forewing broad (Figs 11–14)...................................... A. tauropis</p><p>- Ground colour of the forewing brown, forewing narrow...................................................... 4</p><p>4. Segment 2 of labial palpus roughly scaled, apex of the forewing concolorous with ground colour (Figs 1, 17)............................................................................................... A. angustella sp. nov.</p><p>- Segment 2 of labial palpus smoothly scaled, apex of the forewing darker than ground (Figs 3, 18)........ A. fuscomaculata</p><p>5. Ground colour of the forewing light, pale (Figs 7–10, 15)..................................................... 6</p><p>- Ground colour of the forewing dark, brown to greyish-brown (Figs 2, 4, 6)....................................... 7</p><p>6. Forewing predominantly pale, hindwing light grey (Fig. 15)................................ A. unipunctella sp. nov.</p><p>- Forewing distinctly shaded with dark along margins and near apex, hindwing dark brown (Figs 7–10)......... A. strigifera</p><p>7. Head ochreous brown, thorax black (Fig. 6)............................................ A. ochrocapitella sp. nov.</p><p>- Head concolorous with thorax (Figs 2, 4).................................................................. 8</p><p>8. Segment 2 of labial palpus with tuft of scales beneath, hindwing lighter than forewing (Fig. 4)................. A. hirsuta</p><p>- Segment 2 of labial palpus smooth scaled, hindwing darker than forewing (Fig. 2)....................... A. centrotypa</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF9EE234FF61607BFA6EF843	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF9FE235FF6165B3FA6EFD28.text	637787B3FF9FE235FF6165B3FA6EFD28.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Key to species identification based on male genitalia</p><p>1. Cucullus with brush of hairs on ventral margin (Fig. 29)............................................. A. strigifera</p><p>- Cucullus without brush of hairs on ventral margin (Figs 23–28, 30–32).......................................... 2</p><p>2. Phallus with lateral process (Figs 23, 24, 26, 27, 30)......................................................... 3</p><p>- Phallus without lateral process, with twisted trunk inside (Figs 25, 28, 31)........................................ 6</p><p>3. Cucullus parallel-sided to 3/4 of its length, uncus strongly constricted at base, lateral process very short (Fig. 23, 24)......................................................................................... A. angustella sp. nov.</p><p>- Cucullus broadened to 2/3–3/4 of its length, uncus not constricted at base, lateral process larger (Figs 26, 27, 30)......... 4</p><p>4. Lateral process large, uncus longer than tegumen, saccus U-shaped (Fig. 26)......................... A. fuscomaculata</p><p>- Lateral process short, uncus as long as tegumen, saccus V-shaped (Figs 27, 30).................................... 5</p><p>5. Uncus with posteromedial emargination, valvella rounded (Fig. 27)............................ A. lacistoides sp. nov.</p><p>- Uncus without posteromedial emargination, valvella elongate (Fig. 30).................................. A. tauropis</p><p>6. Phallus longer than cucullus (Fig. 25)........................................................... A. centrotypa</p><p>- Phallus as long as or shorter than cucullus (Figs 28, 31)...................................................... 7</p><p>7. Cucullus parallel-sided to 2/3 of its length (Janse1958: pl. 6; 1960: pl. 49d)................................ A. hirsuta</p><p>- Cucullus gradually widened apically (Figs 28, 31)........................................................... 8</p><p>8. Gnathos with subapical hump on ventral side, cucullus extending to 1/2 length of uncus (Fig. 28).. A. ochrocapitella sp. nov.</p><p>- Gnathos without subapical hump on ventral side, cucullus extending to 2/3–3/4 length of uncus (Fig. 31)................................................................................................. A. unipunctella sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF9FE235FF6165B3FA6EFD28	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF9FE235FF616613FA6EFB71.text	637787B3FF9FE235FF616613FA6EFB71.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Key to species identification based on female genitalia</p><p>(Note: females of A. angustella sp. nov., A. centrotypa, A. unipunctella sp. nov. are unknown)</p><p>1. Signum absent (Figs 33, 34, 37, 38)...................................................................... 2</p><p>- Signum present (Figs 35, 36)............................................................................ 4</p><p>2. Ductus bursae very long, conspicuously differentiated from rounded, folded corpus bursae (Figs 37, 38)........ A. tauropis</p><p>- Ductus bursae short with gradual junction to elongate corpus bursae (Figs 33, 34).................................. 3</p><p>3. Subostial sclerite irregular, ductus bursae slender, 1/2 as long as corpus bursae (Fig. 34)............ A. lacistoides sp. nov.</p><p>- Subostial sclerite subrhomboidal, ductus bursae wide, longer than corpus bursae (Fig. 33).............. A. fuscomaculata</p><p>4. Signum conical (Fig. 36)...................................................................... A. strigifera</p><p>- Signum plate-shaped (Fig. 35).......................................................................... 5</p><p>5. Signum situated along longitudinal axis of corpus bursae (Janse1958: pl. 6; 1960: pl. 65k).................... A. hirsuta</p><p>- Signum situated near middle of corpus bursae (Fig. 35)................................... A. ochrocapitella sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF9FE235FF616613FA6EFB71	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF9FE232FF61607CFDE0FDAD.text	637787B3FF9FE232FF61607CFDE0FDAD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha angustella Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha angustella sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 17, 23, 24, 39</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, RSA [Republic of South Africa], North Cape, Lelyfontein, Esel-Kop, 27.xi.2008, leg. Ebert, Mey &amp; Kühne; gen. slide 48/09, O. Bidzilya (MfN) . Paratype: 2 ♂, RSA [Republic of South Africa], West Cape, N Montagu, Burger-Pass, 560 m, 27.xi.2013, leg. Mey; gen. slide 549/23, 614/23, O. Bidzilya (MfN) .</p><p>Diagnosis. In A. angustella sp. nov. the forewing is comparatively slender, greyish-brown with a brown spot at 1/3 of dorsal margin and 2/3 of costa. In similar species like Asapharcha fuscomaculata and A. tauropis, the forewing is broader, and details of their patterns are different. The male genitalia of A. angustella sp. nov. can be recognized by the basally constricted uncus; the parallel-sided cucullus to 3/4 its length (broadened to 2/3–3/4 its length in A. fuscomaculata), then narrowing on the dorsal margin; and a slender phallus with a very short subapical process (in A. lacistoides sp. nov. subapical process is also short, but the phallus is much broader).</p><p>Description. Adult (Figs 1, 17). Wingspan 15.3 mm. Head light-brown; labial palpus recurved, light brown, segment 2 with moderately long brush of scales beneath, outer surface of basal half dark brown; segment 3 with broad, dark brown, subapical ring; antennal scape blackish-brown; flagellomeres brown with very narrow grey rings, short-ciliated. Thorax blackish-brown edged laterally with light brown; tegulae greyish-brown. Forewing light-brown, irregularly mixed with black-tipped scales, costal margin with short transvers black streaks and diffuse black spot on 2/3, another black spot on 1/3 of dorsal margin, fringes grey, brown-tipped; hindwing light grey without any pattern, fringes concolorous with hindwing.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 23, 24). Uncus narrow at base, distal 2/3 broad, rounded, posterior margin with shallow medial emargination, covered with short hairs along margins in distal 2/3; gnathos comparatively short, strongly curved at base, then abruptly or weakly bent, with dorsally curved apex; tegumen as long as uncus, weakly narrowed posteriorly, anteromedial emargination rounded, extending to 1/4–1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus parallel-sided to 3/4, then narrowing on dorsal margin towards weakly rounded or acute apex, extending to 1/2 length of uncus; sacculus short, hump-shaped; valvella reduced; vinculum narrow band-shaped; saccus short, triangular, not extending beyond top of pedunculus. Phallic tube slender, narrowed towards pointed apex, with very short subapical down-curved sclerite; caecum as twice as long as phallic tube; ductus ejaculatorius 4–5 times longer than phallus.</p><p>Female genitalia. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Adults have been collected in late November. Hostplant is unknown.</p><p>Distribution. This species is known only from South Africa.</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin angustus (narrow), referring to its slender wings compared to those of its relatives.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF9FE232FF61607CFDE0FDAD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF98E232FF61678EFD45F96B.text	637787B3FF98E232FF61678EFD45F96B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha centrotypa (Meyrick 1920) Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha centrotypa (Meyrick, 1920), comb. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 25</p><p>Melitoxestis centrotypa Meyrick, 1921 . Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 8 (2): 76. Holotype (♂), examined (DMSA).</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype ♂, “Sawmills, Rhod., 2/18, A.J.T. Janse ” | “2205” | “ Melitoxestis centrotypa M., Type No. 580” | “g. 4248” (DMSA).</p><p>Diagnosis. With it plainly coloured ochreous-brown forewing with two dark dots in cell and dark grey hindwing, Asapharcha centrotypa is unique among Asapharcha (Fig. 2). The male genitalia of A. centrotypa are uniquely characterized by a stout, long, strongly curved gnathos, and long phallus (longer than cucullus) with a twisted inner trunk and obliquely margined apex. In Asapharcha hirsuta ventral margin of the cucullus is bent rather than straight, and the phallus is shorter than the cucullus.</p><p>Addition to original description. Male genitalia (Fig. 25). Uncus large, tongue-shaped, about twice as long as wide; gnathos stout, long, curved at right angle at base and in 1/3, distal part straight with pointed tip; tegumen subrectangular, anteromedial emargination rounded, extending to 1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus distinctly broadened distally, dorsal margin straight, ventral margin gradually bent, posterior margin rounded, extending to 3/4 length of uncus; valvella short, elongate; saccus moderately long, rounded apically; phallus conspicuously longer than cucullus, caecum rounded, strongly swollen, about 1/2 length and 1/2 width of phallic tube, distal part with narrow inner twisted trunk, apex obliquely angled with slender down-curved sclerite.</p><p>Female genitalia. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. The holotype was collected in February. Hostplant is unknown.</p><p>Distribution. This species is known only from Zimbabwe.</p><p>Remarks. Melitoxestis was described as monotypic, with M. centrotypa as its type species (Meyrick 1921). In the original description, Meyrick suggested that it may be related to Stomopteryx Heinemann, 1870 . Janse (1958: 27–28) recognized the affinity of Melitoxestis to Anisoplaca Meyrick, 1886 based on wings and genitalia, but noticed the differences in the shape of labial palpus. The male genitalia and external characters clearly justify the assignment of centrotypa to Asapharcha rather than to Anisoplaca, the latter of is characterized by having a projection on the ventral margin of the cucullus. Accordingly, we proposed the synonymy of Melitoxestis Meyrick, 1921 syn. nov. with Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF98E232FF61678EFD45F96B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF98E230FF6163D5FC18FE1D.text	637787B3FF98E230FF6163D5FC18FE1D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha fuscomaculata (Bidzilya & Mey 2011) Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha fuscomaculata (Bidzilya &amp; Mey, 2011), comb. nov.</p><p>Figs 3, 18, 26, 33, 40</p><p>Lacistodes fuscomaculata Bidzilya &amp; Mey, 2011 . Esperiana Memoir, 6: 213. Holotype (♂) and 5 paratypes (3 ♂, 2 ♀), examined (MfN).</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♀, Namibia, Kunene, Epupa Falls, 21–23.ii.2008, LF, leg. W. Mey; gen. slide 38/23, O. Bidzilya ; 1 ♂, Namibia, 40 km N Palmwag, 1133 m, 27–28.ii.2008, LF, leg. W. Mey; gen. slide 37/23, O. Bidzilya (MfN) .</p><p>Diagnosis. The species remotely resembles A. tauropis, but differs in the narrower, light brown rather than greyish-brown forewing with a basal spot that is connected to the dorsal margin (Fig. 3) (the basal spot is not connected to dorsal margin in A. tauropis). The male genitalia are distinguished by the long uncus (equal in length to the cucullus and longer than the tegumen), the distally broad gnathos (distally narrowed in the rest of Asapharcha species), and a phallus with a large subapical process (Fig. 26) (short subapical process in A. tauropis). The large (1/3 width of sternum VIII) subrhomboidal subostial sclerite and broad ductus bursae (Fig. 33) (irregular, small, 1/5 width of sternum VIII subostial sclerite and very slender ductus bursae in A. tauropis) are diagnostic for this species.</p><p>Distribution. Asapharcha fuscomaculata is known only from Namibia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF98E230FF6163D5FC18FE1D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF9AE230FF616706FBF6F917.text	637787B3FF9AE230FF616706FBF6F917.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha hirsuta (Janse 1958) Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha hirsuta (Janse, 1958), comb. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Lasiarchis hirsuta Janse, 1958 . The Moth of South Africa, 6 (6): 50. Holotype (♂) and paratype (♀), examined (DMSA).</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype ♂ “ Vict.[oria] Falls Road 38 m fr[om]. Bulaw .[ayo], 25–26.iv.1954, A.J.T. Janse ” | “ Lasiarchis hirsuta J., ♂, Holotype: No. 3727” | “g. 8468” (DMSA).</p><p>Diagnosis: In A. hirsuta, the head and thorax are uniformly dark brown, and the forewing is distinctly mottled with black (Fig. 4). In A. ochrocapitella sp. nov., the most similar species, the head is yellow and the forewing is lighter. In the male genitalia (see Janse 1958: pl. 6; 1960: pl. 49d), A. hirsuta has a stout gnathos, a reduced sacculus, comparatively long and broad saccus, and a phallus with a twisted inner trunk and short subapical process. Th male genitalia of A. ochrocapitella sp. nov. differ in having a rounded hump-shaped sacculus and lacking a subapical process of the phallus. In the female genitalia (see Janse 1958: pl. 6; 1960: pl. 65j, k) A. hirsuta has two elongated signa that area connected with each other and situated along the longitudinal axis of corpus bursae. In A. ochrocapitella sp. nov. the signa are of similar shape but they are situated under each other in the middle of the corpus bursae.</p><p>Addition to original description. Male genitalia. Uncus subrectangular, twice as long as wide, shorter than tegumen, posterior margin straight, densely covered with hairs along margins; gnathos long, stout, strongly curved at base, straight in middle, upcurved apically; tegumen trapezoidal, distinctly differentiated from uncus, anteromedial emargination triangular, extending to 1/4 length of tegumen; cucullus gradually broadened posteriorly, posterior angles rounded, extending to 2/3–3/4 length of tegumen, densely haired; sacculus reduced, valvella very short; saccus U-shaped, extending beyond base of tegumen; phallus straight, distal part with inner twisted trunk-like, down-curved sclerite, apex rounded, caecum weakly swollen, about 1/3 length of phallus tube.</p><p>Distribution. Known only from Zimbabwe.</p><p>Remark. The genus Lasiarchis Meyrick, 1937 was described as monotypic with Lasiarchis elaeoxyla Meyrick, 1937 as its type species. Lasiarchis pycnodes (Meyrick, 1909) (Figs 16, 22) was originally described in “ Nothris (?)”, but later placed in Anisoplaca by Meyrick (1925). Janse (1958: 49–50) transferred A. pycnodes to Lasiarchis, synonymized it with L. elaeoxyla, and described L. hirsuta Janse, 1958 from Zimbabwe. The male genitalia of L. pycnodes (Fig. 32) are characterized by the presence of a short pointed process with a tuft of setae on 2/3 of the ventral margin of the cucullus, and an elongate, slender phallus. In contrast to L. pycnodes, L. hirsuta has an unmodified cucullus, and a basally swollen, comparatively short phallus, features that are similar to those of Asapharcha strigifera (type species of the genus) and other Asapharcha species. Hence, we transfer Lasiarchis hirsuta to Asapharcha, resulting in Asapharcha hirsuta (Janse, 1958), comb. nov., whereas L. pycnodes (= L. elaeoxyla) remains in the Lasiarchis, and we continue to treat it as monotypic.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF9AE230FF616706FBF6F917	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF9AE23EFF616209FDB1F971.text	637787B3FF9AE23EFF616209FDB1F971.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha lacistoides Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha lacistoides sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 5, 19, 27, 34, 40, 41</p><p>Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921 — Bidzilya 2007: 105; Bidzilya &amp; Mey 2011: pl. 32, fig. 20; pl. 5, fig. 26; pl. 11, fig. 43. Misidentification.</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, Namibia, Hobatere Lodge, campsite, 19–21.ii.2008, LF, leg. Mey (MfN) . Paratypes: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as for holotype; gen. slide 34 / 23 ♀, O. Bidzilya (MfN). Namibia: 2 ♂, Koakov, Joubertpass, 1360 m, 1.ii.2009, leg. Mey; gen. slide 35/23, O. Bidzilya ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Brandberg, Mason Shelter, 6, 8.iii.2002, leg. Mey; gen. slide 43♂, 44♀, A. Lvovsky; 2 ♀, Kunene, Epupa Falls, 21–23.ii.2008, LF, leg. Mey ; 1 ♂, Solitaire, Tsauchab camp., 14.iv.2013, LF, leg. Mey ; 8 ♂, Etendeka, Grootberg Pass, 3.ii. 2010, 1546 m, leg. Mey; gen. slide 142/09, O. Bidzilya ; 1 ♀, 50 km N Okahandja, 10–11.ii.2007, LF; leg. Mey &amp; Ebert; gen. slide 7/08, O. Bidzilya (MfN). Ethiopia : 1 ♂, Äthiopien, Awash NP, 860 m, 23–26.xii.1978, leg. Angenstein; gen. slide 349/14, O. Bidzilya (MfN) ; 1 ♀, Aouash [Ethiop.], 960 m, vii.1957; leg. Schäuffele (SMNS). Sudan : 1 ♀, Red Sea, Port Sudan, N.E. Waterfield, 1912-412, B.M.; Genitalia Slide No. 13855 , ♀ (NHMUK) .</p><p>Diagnosis. In contrast to other species of this genus, Asapharcha lacistoides sp. nov. has a white head, thorax and forewing with contrasting blackish-brown markings. The male genitalia are very similar to those of A. tauropis, but in A. lacistoides sp. nov. the uncus is 2.5–3.0 times longer than broad, the cucullus is distinctly broadened apically, and the valvella is short and rounded. In L. tauropis the uncus is twice as long as wide, the cucullus is weakly broadened, and the valvella is elongated. In the female genitalia of A. lacistoides sp. nov., abdominal segment VIII is similar to that of A. tauropis, but the ductus bursae is short, gradually widened to its junction with the elongated, unmodified corpus bursae. In A. tauropis the ductus bursae is long and clearly differentiated from the rounded and folded corpus bursae.</p><p>Description. (Figs 5, 19). Wingspan 15.0–17.0 mm. Head white; labial palpus recurved, smooth, white, segment 2 with brown basal belt on outer surface, twice as broad and slightly longer than segment 3, antennal scape and flagellomeres black; flagellomeres shortly ciliated ventrally in both sexes; thorax white. Tegulae white, black basally. Forewing white, costal margin with black spot at base and black narrow irroration ending with black spot on 3/4, transverse black spot from middle of posterior margin to 3/4 width toward costal margin; large, subtriangular large black patch in distal 2/3; apex spotted with black; fringe white; hindwing grey with light grey fringe.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 27). Uncus elongate, 2.5–3.0 times as long as wide, about as long as cucullus, with distinct short apical emargination, densely covered with hairs in distal half; gnathos moderately long, strongly curved at base, straight and pointed apically; tegumen subtrapezoidal, distinctly separated from uncus, anteromedial emargination triangular, extending to 1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus trapezoidal, narrow at base, widened apically, posterior margin oblique angled, posterior angles rounded, extending to 1/2 length of uncus, densely haired especially in distal part; sacculus and valvella short, rounded; saccus triangular, rounded anteriorly, not extending to base of tegumen; phallus short, distal part 1/2 length of caecum, with lateral triangular process and pointed apex, caecum large, swollen, rounded, ductus ejaculatorius 4.0–4.5 times as long as phallus, with indistinct sclerotization in anterior part.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 34). Papillae anales subtrapezoidal, about as long as broad, about 1/2 length of apophyses posteriores, covered with long setae at base and short setae in distal part; apophyses posteriores twice as long as apophyses anteriores; segment VIII broader than long, unmodified, evenly sclerotized, anterior margin strongly edged sclerotized, weakly projecting anteriorly; subostial sclerite large, irregular, with lateral projections to anterior margin of sternum VIII; apophyses anteriores straight, as long as segment VIII; ductus bursae moderately broad, gradually widened anteriorly, antrum indistinct, posterior sclerite broad; corpus bursae long, pear-shaped, distinctly narrowed posteriorly; signum absent.</p><p>Biology. Adults have been collected in February in Namibia, and in July and December in Ethiopia. The larval hostplant is unknown.</p><p>Distribution. This species has been recorded from Namibia, Sudan, and Ethiopia.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name refers to the generic name Lacistodes, which was long used for a valid species currently associated with Asapharcha .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF9AE23EFF616209FDB1F971	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF94E23DFF61622AFAE9FAB5.text	637787B3FF94E23DFF61622AFAE9FAB5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha ochrocapitella Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha ochrocapitella sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 6, 28, 35, 42</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Matopo Nat. Park, 28–30.xi.1993, leg. Mey &amp; Ebert; gen. slide 508/07, O. Bidzilya (MfN) . Paratype: 1 ♀, same data as holotype; gen. slide 47/09, O. Bidzilya (MfN) .</p><p>Diagnosis. The species superficially resembles to A. strigifera, but it is darker, with a more developed brown pattern, and a grey rather than brown hindwing. In the male genitalia, A. ochrocapitella sp. nov. has a posteriorly serrated uncus; a ventral hump before the apex in the gnathos; a subrectangular cucullus with a straight distal margin; comparatively large, rounded sacculi; and a phallus with inner twisted trunk. In A. strigifera the distal margin of the uncus is straight; the gnathos lacks a subapical hump; and the cucullus is rounded apically and with tuft of scales on ventral margin. The female genitalia of Asapharcha ochrocapitella sp. nov. are unlike any other species of Asapharcha with a slender, strongly sclerotized band-shaped anterior margin of sternum VIII, a distinct antrum, and two large, elongated signa.</p><p>Description. (Fig. 6). Wingspan 19.2–20.0 mm. Head yellowish-brown; labial palpus recurved, smooth scaled, light brown, segment 2 dark brown on outer surface of basal 1/2; antennal scape dark brown with light brown apex; flagellomeres brown with very narrow yellow rings, moderately long-ciliated in male and short-ciliated in female. Tegulae dark brown, caudally yellowish-brown; thorax blackish-brown, edged with light brown caudally. Forewing greyish-brown with dense dark brown suffusion at base, along costal margin, and in apical 2/3; short transverse brown streaks mainly in dorsal 1/ 2 in medial 2/3, fold light brown, three diffuse brown spots in cell, irregular grey spot on 3/4 of costal margin; fringe with short black and long grey scales; hindwing covered with grey brown-tipped scales; fringe light grey with dark grey medial line.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 28). Uncus tongue-shaped, elongated, shorter than tegumen, weakly widened to 3/4, posterior margin weakly rounded, serrated, densely covered with hairs along margins; gnathos long, stout, strongly curved, distal part straight with ventral hump before pointed apex; tegumen subrectangular, distinctly separated from uncus, anteromedial emargination triangular, extending to 1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus trapezoidal, gradually broadened posteriorly, posterior angles rounded, extending to 1/2 length of tegumen, densely haired; sacculus short, broadly rounded; valvella reduced; saccus triangular, rounded anteriorly, not extending to base of tegumen; phallus straight, distal part with inner twisted trunk and semicircular apical sclerite, apex rounded, caecum weakly swollen, 1/3 length of phallus tube, ductus ejaculatorius 2.5 times as long as phallus, with irregular sclerotization in anterior part.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 35). Papillae anales subtrapezoidal, slightly elongated, about 1/3 length of apophyses posteriores, covered with long setae at base and short setae in distal part; apophyses posteriores twice as long as segment VIII and apophyses posteriores; segment VIII as wide as long, unmodified, evenly sclerotized, anterior margin narrow, bent, strongly sclerotized, projecting anteriorly; apophyses anteriores straight, as long as segment VIII; ductus bursae moderately broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, antrum distinct, about 1/2 length of ductus bursae; corpus bursae very long, pear-shaped, distinctly narrowed posteriorly, two signa large, elongated, transverse plates.</p><p>Biology. Adults have been collected late November. Hostplant unknown.</p><p>Distribution. This species is recorded only from Zimbabwe.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name refers to ochreous head, which is characteristic for the new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF94E23DFF61622AFAE9FAB5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF97E23AFF6160EEFE41F971.text	637787B3FF97E23AFF6160EEFE41F971.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920</p><p>Figs 7–10, 20, 29, 36</p><p>Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920: Annals of the South African Museum: 292. Two syntypes (♂, ♀), not examined (SAM). Lacistodes brunneostola Janse, 1960 . The moths of South Africa, 6(2): 146. Holotype (♂) and four paratypes (1 ♂, 3 ♀), examined (DMSA). Syn. nov.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype of L. brunneostola ♂, South Africa: “ Gl. Saltpan, 20.i.31, G.v.Son ” | “g. 5730” | “ Lacistodes brunneostola J., ♂, Holotype No. 3678” (DMSA).</p><p>Material examined. South Africa: 1 ♀, “ Junction of Crocodile and Marico rivers” | Asapharcha strigifera Meyr., 1/1, E. Meyrick det., E. Meyrick Coll” | “ Paratype ♀, Asapharcha strigifera Meyr., teste K. Sattler, 1970” | “ B. M. Genitalia slide No. 7393, ♀ ” (NHUK) . Namibia: 1 ♀, Kunene, Baynes Mts., 1252 m, 23–25.ii.2008, LF; leg. Mey; gen. slide 30/23, O. Bidzilya ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Varianto, Otavi Mountains, 29–31.iii.2003, leg. Mey; gen. slide 17 / 10♀, O. Bidzilya; 1 ♂, Okatjikona, Waterberg Nat. Park, 14–18.ii.2008, LF, leg. Mey; gen. slide 44/09, O. Bidzilya (MfN) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Asapharcha strigifera is an externally variable species, with the forewings darker or lighter depending on the extent of brown irroration (Figs 7–10). However, distinguishing characteristics of the species include an elongated, comparatively narrow forewing, usually with a distinct brown pattern along the margins and in the apical 2/3; the absence of large brown spots; the head usually yellow; and the hindwings dark. The most similar species is A. ochrocapitella sp. nov., which has darker, more uniformly brown forewings, and hindwings that are lighter, grey rather than brown or dark grey in A. strigifera . The male genitalia of A. strigifera are distinguished by having a comparatively short uncus (1/2 length of tegumen) and a broad cucullus with a brush of hairs on the posterior 3/4 of the ventral margin. The male genitalia of A. ochrocapitella sp. nov. has uncus that is longer than the tegumen, and the cucullus does not bear a brush of hairs on the posterior 3/4 of ventral margin. The female genitalia of A. strigifera have a large, rounded subostial sclerite and two conical signa in contrast to all other species of Asapharcha which have no signum, or the signum is a doubled, elongated plate as in A. ochrocapitella sp. nov.</p><p>Redescription. Wingspan 16.0–18.3 mm. Head and labial palpus dark yellow, segment 2 sparsely irrorated with brown on outer surface at base; scape dark yellow to fuscous, flagellum brown ringed with grey. Tegulae and thorax pale to light brown, dark brown caudally. Forewing ground colour off white to light grey, costal margin dark brown to 2/3, apical 1/3 dark brown with diffuse costal greyish-white spot, dorsal margin dark brown in medial 1/3, fold with brown spot at end, brown spot in middle and paired brown spot at end of cell, fringe scales pale, tipped with brown; hindwing brown to dark grey, fringe yellowish white with brown medial line.</p><p>Variation. Head, thorax, and forewing ground colour vary from pale or dark yellow to light brown; brown pattern on the forewing varies from dense suffusion to separate narrow transverse stripes.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 29). Uncus subrectangular, as long as broad, 1/2 as long as tegumen, with short apical emargination, densely covered with setae along margins; gnathos comparatively short, strongly curved at base, then straight, with short, pointed, upcurved tip; tegumen subtrapezoidal, distinctly differentiated from uncus, weakly narrowed posteriorly, anteromedial emargination broadly triangular, extending to 1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus narrow at base, widened apically, posterior margin rounded, extending to 3/4 length of uncus, densely haired especially in distal part, with brush of hairs on ventral margin before apex; sacculus and valvella reduced; saccus triangular, rounded anteriorly, extending beyond base of tegumen; phallus short, distal part straight, equal in length to caecum, rounded apically, caecum moderately swollen, ovate, ductus ejaculatorius about 4 times as long as phallus, with indistinct sclerotization in anterior part.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 36). Papillae anales subovate, about 1/2 length of apophyses posteriores, covered with long setae at base and short setae in distal part; apophyses anteriores 3 times as long as apophyses posteriores; segment VIII twice as broad as long, unmodified, evenly sclerotized, anterior margin weakly concave, subostial sclerite rounded; apophyses anteriores straight, 2/3 length of segment VIII; ductus bursae slender, antrum indistinct; corpus bursae very long, pear-shaped, distinctly differentiated from ductus bursae, signa a pair of conical sclerites.</p><p>Distribution. This species is known from South Africa and Namibia.</p><p>Remarks. Asapharcha strigifera was described from a male and a female from “junction of Crocodile and Marico rivers” (South Africa, Gauteng). Both syntypes are deposited in the South African Museum (Cape Town). A female from this locality deposited in NHMUK (Fig. 7) is not a part of type series, but agrees with original description. Lacistodes brunneostola was described from two males (Fig. 8) from Saltpan [Tswaing], Pretoria District (South Africa, Gauteng), and four females from Abachaus [Abaehausberg], Otjiwarongo District (Namibia, Otjozondjupa Region).</p><p>Female genitalia of A. strigifera agree in all details to those of A. brunneostola . Adults of both species are identical, although the holotype of L. brunneostola is slightly darker than the female of A. strigifera studied by us. Hence, the following synonymy is proposed: Lacistodes brunneostola Janse, 1960, syn. nov. of Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF97E23AFF6160EEFE41F971	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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637787B3FF90E239FF61622AFE9DF836.text	637787B3FF90E239FF61622AFE9DF836.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha tauropis (Meyrick 1921) Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha tauropis (Meyrick, 1921), comb. nov.</p><p>Figs 11–14, 30, 37, 38</p><p>Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921: Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 8 (2): 92. Holotype (♀), examined (DMSA). Asapharcha crateropa Meyrick, 1930 . Syn. nov. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3: 555. Holotype (♀), examined (MHNG). Type material examined. Holotype of Lacistodes tauropis ♀, Zimbabwe “ Sawmills, Rhod. S., 2/18, A.J.T. Janse ” | Lacistodes tauropis M., Type no. 564”; gen. slide 501/23, O. Bidzilya (DMSA) . Holotype of Asapharcha crateropa ♀, Mozambique “Makulene, xii.07 I.08” | “Coll. Dr. G. Audéoud” | “ Asapharcha crateropa Meyr. ”, Type”, MHNG ENT 0002716; gen. slide 500/23, O. Bidzilya (MHNG).</p><p>Material examined. Kenya: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Rift Valley, L. Bogoria, 3000ft, 3.vii.1999, leg. Agassiz; gen. slide 288/ 14♂, 289/ 14♀, O. Bidzilya (DA) . Ethiopia: 1 ♀, 6 km E Weyto, Weyto River, 600 m, 11.v.2008, leg. Hacker / Schreier; gen. slide 8323, Derra (ZSM) . 1 ♂, SW Ethiopia [Gamu-Gofa], <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.383335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.266667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.383335/lat 5.266667)">Konso</a>, 1610 m, 37°23’E 5°16’N, 11.iii.1960, leg. Richter; gen. slide 384/23, O. Bidzilya (SMNS) . South Africa: 1 ♀, Limpopo, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.15086&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.989029" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.15086/lat -22.989029)">Blouberg NR</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.15086&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.989029" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.15086/lat -22.989029)">Tamboti Camp</a>, 22°59’20.5”S 29°09’03.1”E, 850 m, 13.ii.2007, at light, leg. Bartsch &amp; Berg; gen. slide 385/23, O. Bidzilya (SMNS) ; 4 ♂, Mpumalanga, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.076&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.45" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.076/lat -24.45)">Hongonyi Lodge</a>, S 24°27’,17’ E 31°4,56’, 30.iv–1.v.2010, LF, leg. Mey &amp; Kühne; gen. slide 80/12; 29/23, O. Bidzilya (MfN) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Asapharcha tauropis is characterized by a trapezoidal, apically broadened, greyish-brown forewing with a large brown spot on 1/3 and a small spot on 2/3 (Figs 11–14). Other species of the genus have a narrower, lanceolate, and apically rounded forewing. Asapharcha fuscomaculata has a somewhat similar wing pattern, but in the latter species, the basal brown spot is connected with the dorsal margin (not connected in A. tauropis). Asapharcha tauropis has a long uncus that is slightly shorter than the cucullus and longer than the tegumen; elongated valvella; and a phallus with a distinct triangular subapical process. In A. fuscomaculata the uncus is long, the gnathos is broad (rather than pointed) in distal half, the cucullus is distally subtriangular rather than rounded, and the subapical process of the phallus is larger. Female genitalia of A. tauropis are easily recognizable by a trapezoidal ostium, and a long slender ductus bursae with distinct intersection to a small rounded and folded corpus bursae. In congeners the corpus bursae is elongate, not folded, with a more gradual junction with the ductus bursae, the latter of which is much shorter.</p><p>Redescription. Wingspan 15.2–17.3 mm. Head light grey to yellowish-white; labial palpus off white, segment 2 brown in basal part, segment 3 with brown apex; antennal scape dark brown, apex light grey, flagellomeres dark brown with indistinct grey rings. Thorax and tegulae light fuscous, black caudally. Forewing light grey with distinct brown or blackish-grey suffusion, especially in apical 1/3, large dark spot on 1/3 at middle of wing, small brown spot at end of cell, base of costa dark brown, cilia scales grey, black-tipped; hindwing light grey to grey.</p><p>Variation. Forewing varies from light or dark grey to light brown, depending on the extent dark suffusion; large dark spot is separated to two spots in some specimens.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 30). Uncus elongate, twice as long as broad, longer than tegumen, slightly shorter than cucullus, with short apical emargination, densely covered with hairs in distal 1/2; gnathos comparatively short, strongly curved at base, then gradually bent, pointed apically; tegumen subtrapezoidal, distinctly differentiated from uncus, anteromedial emargination triangular, extending to 1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus narrow at base, widened apically, posterior margin rounded, extending to 2/3 length of uncus, densely covered with hairs especially in its distal part; sacculus very short, hump-shaped, valvella slender, elongate; saccus triangular, rounded anteriorly, not extending to base of tegumen; phallus short, its distal part as long as caecum, with lateral triangular process and pointed apex, caecum moderately swollen, ovate, ductus ejaculatorius about seven times longer than phallus, with indistinct sclerotization in anterior part.</p><p>Female genitalia (Figs 37, 38). Papillae anales subovate, about 1/2 length of apophyses posteriores, covered with long setae at base and short setae in distal part; apophyses anteriores four times as long as apophyses posteriores; segment VIII twice as wide as long, unmodified, evenly sclerotized, anterior margin strongly sclerotized, straight, subostial sclerite large, irregular; apophyses anteriores straight, 1/2 length of segment VIII; ductus bursae slender, long, uniform in width, antrum indistinct, posterior sclerite broad; corpus bursae rounded, folded, distinctly differentiated from ductus bursae; signum absent.</p><p>Remarks. Lacistodes tauropis was described from a single female (Fig. 11) from Sawmills (Zimbabwe). The photographs of adult, male genitalia and female genitalia of L. tauropis in Bidzilya &amp; Mey (2011: pl. 32, fig. 20; pl. 5, fig. 26; pl. 11, fig. 43) should be referred to A. lacistoides sp. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha crateropa was described from the female holotype (Fig. 12) from Makulane (Mozambique). The wing pattern and male genitalia of this specimen match those of the holotype of A. tauropis . Hence, the following synonymy is proposed: Asapharcha crateropa Meyrick, 1930 syn. nov. of Asapharcha tauropis (Meyrick, 1921) .</p><p>Distribution. Asapharcha tauropis is recorded from South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Kenya (new record), and Ethiopia (new record). Records from Namibia accompanied by photographs of adult, male genitalia, and female genitalia (Bidzilya &amp; Mey 2011: pl. 32, fig. 20; pl. 5, fig. 26; pl. 11, fig. 43) should be referred to A. lacistoides sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF90E239FF61622AFE9DF836	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF8CE227FF616024FEBDFE39.text	637787B3FF8CE227FF616024FEBDFE39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha unipunctella Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024	<div><p>Asapharcha unipunctella sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 15, 21, 31</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, Namibia, Rundu, Okavanga River, 27–28.iii.2003, leg. Mey; gen. slide 484/07, O. Bidzilya (MfN).</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is easily recognizable by the pale forewing with a black dot in the middle of the cell, black markings along costal margin, and the presence of pecten on the scape. The last character has not been observed in other species of this genus that are either darker coloured with additional markings, or have a large dark spot in cell. The male genitalia are characterized by a cucullus that is gradually broadened distally and a phallic tube with an internal spiraled trunk. Asapharcha hirsuta has a similarly shaped phallus, but the cucullus is parallel-sided to 2/3 its length rather than gradually broadened distally as in the new species.</p><p>Description (Figs 15, 21). Wingspan 15.2 mm. Head pale white; frons white; labial palpus recurved, pale white, segment 2 with moderately long brush of scales beneath, black at base on outer surface, slender black ring near apex; segment 3 with broad subapical belt, as long as and slightly narrower than segment 2; antennal scape dark brown, apex and ventral side pale white, pecten a single brown scale; flagellomeres light grey ringed with light brown, ventral side densely ciliated; tegulae white with black base; thorax white with black caudal irroration; forewing white to light brown with few black-tipped scales, costal margin mottled with black to 3/4, black spot at base and on 3/4 of costal margin, additional black point in middle of cell; tornus spotted with black; fringe greyish-black with light brown medial line; hindwing and fringe light grey.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 31). Uncus subrectangular, twice as long as broad, lateral margins densely covered with hairs; gnathos stout, strongly curved on 1/3, then straight, apical 3/4 pointed, upcurved; tegumen somewhat parallel-sided, slightly longer than broad, anteromedial emargination subtriangular, extending to 1/3 length of tegumen; cucullus slender at base, gradually broadened distally, posterior margin rounded, extending to 2/3 length of uncus; sacculus reduced; valvella short, hump-shaped; vinculum slender, band-shaped; saccus moderately long, U-shaped; phallus moderately long and broad, caecum about 1/2 length of phallic tube, weakly swollen, phallic tube with internal twisted trunk, apex rounded with down-curved pointed sclerite.</p><p>Female genitalia. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. The holotype was collected in late March. The hostplant is unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Namibia.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name refers to the single black dot in the middle of forewing that is characteristic for the new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF8CE227FF616024FEBDFE39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
637787B3FF8DE227FF616762FDE3FBDD.text	637787B3FF8DE227FF616762FDE3FBDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asapharcha Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Check-list of Asapharcha species</p><p>Asapharcha angustella sp. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha centrotype (Meyrick, 1920), comb. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha fuscomaculata (Bidzilya &amp; Mey, 2011), comb. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha hirsuta (Janse, 1958), comb. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha lacistoides sp. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha ochrocapitella sp. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920</p><p>= Lacistodes brunneostola Janse, 1960, syn. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha tauropis (Meyrick, 1921)</p><p>= Asapharcha crateropa Meyrick, 1930, syn. nov.</p><p>Asapharcha unipunctella sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3FF8DE227FF616762FDE3FBDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.;Mey, Wolfram;Rajaei, Hossein	Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein (2024): Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 5443 (4): 548-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4
