An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae in the Iziko South African Museum,Cape Town (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

摘要

The type specimens of 36 species of Tortricidae in the collection of the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa are discussed and illustrated in colour, and illustrations of their genitalia are provided where possible. A total of 18 new combinations is proposed: Clepsiscrispata (Meyrick, 1912), comb. n. (Tortrix); Doridostoma symplecta (Meyrick, 1910), comb. n. (Tortrix); Epichoristodes adustana (Walsingham, 1881), comb. n. (Cacoecia); Epichoristodes cinerata (Meyrick, 1920), comb. n. (Epichorista); Epichoristodes dorsiplagana (Walsingham, 1881), comb. n. {Cacoecia); Epichoristodes exanimata (Meyrick, 1920), comb. n. (Epichorista); Epichoristodes niphosema (Meyrick, 1917), comb. n. (Epichorista); Epichoristodes phalaraea (Meyrick, 1920), comb. n. (Epichorista); Hectaphelia mensaria (Meyrick, 1912), comb. n. (Tortrix); Hectaphelia sporadias (Meyrick, 1920), comb. n. (Tortrix); Hectaphelia vestigialis (Meyrick, 1914), comb. n. (Epichorista); Clepsis biformis (Meyrick, 1920, comb. n. (Tortrix); Nkandla macrostoma (Meyrick, 1920), comb. n. (Cnephasia); Eccopsis orichlora (Meyrick, 1920), comb. n. (Argyroploce); Eudemis globigera (Meyrick, 1914), comb. n. (Argyroploce); Strepsicrates sinuosa (Meyrick, 1917), comb. n. (Spilonota); Fulcrifera ocnogramma (Meyrick, 1910), comb. n. (Laspeyresia); and Fulcrifera ichthyura (Meyrick, 1926), comb. n. (Laspeyresia).Lectotypes were designated for the following 20 taxa in an effort to stabilize the nomenclature: Pharmacis stigmatica Meyrick, 1909; Tortrix crispata Meyrick, 1912; Cacoecia heliaspis Meyrick, 1909; Proselena ionephela Meyrick, 1909; Cacoecia adustana Walsingham, 1881; Cacoecia dorsiplagana Walsingham, 1881; Tortrix biformis Meyrick, 1920; Lozotaenia elegans Walsingham, 1881; Cnephasia macrostoma Meyrick, 1920; Cnephasia chlorocrossa Meyrick, 1926; Acharneodes atrinodis Meyrick, 1926; Argyroploce orichlora Meyrick, 1920; Eccopsis fluctuatana Walsingham, 1881; Argyroploce globigera Meyrick, 1914; Doliochastis homograpta Meyrick, 1920; Eucosma galactitis Meyrick, 1912; Eucosma insolens Meyrick, 1912; Eucosma tenax Meyrick, 1920; Spilonota sinuosa Meyrick, 1917, and Laspeyresia ichthyura Meyrick, 1926.