Tricerophora commaculata (Meyrick, 1921) Telphusa commaculata Meyrick, 1921: 69. TL: Mozambique, Magude. Tricerophora commaculata (Meyrick, 1921) — Janse 1958: 65. Material examined. 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M30, Gelechioidea, reared on Lannea sweinfurthii, Anacardiaceae, Caskets farm, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E, 12.xii.2012 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 21/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, Staude et al. (2016), M30, Gelechioidea, reared on Lannea sweinfurthii, Anacardiaceae, Tshukudu Game Reserve, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 24˚17’09’’S, 30˚55’41’’E, 11.xii.2013 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (gen. slide 10/19, O. Bidzilya); 1♂, same data M1918, but 26.xi.2017 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp) (all HSS). Biology. Larvae were observed feeding on Lannea sweinfurthii (Anacardiaceae) in November. Adults emerged 16.xi, 11 and12.xii (Staude et al. 2016: 73, 74; Staude et al. 2020: 59). Distribution. South Africa (Janse 1958: 66), Mozambique (Meyrick 1921: 69), Zimbabwe (Bidzilya & Mey 2018: 84). Remarks. The male associated with T. commaculata (Janse 1958, pl. 9, pl 54, fig. c; Bidzilya & Mey 2018, fig. 21) should be referred to T. pundamilia. The male of T. commaculata remains unknown.

Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, pp. 495-522 in Zootaxa 4952 (3) on page 517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4690573