A new species of seed-feeding Cuphodes Meyrick, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from South Africa Author Triberti, Paolo https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2986-3884 Zoology Department, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Lungadige Porta Vittoria 9, 37129 Verona, Italy; caloptilia @ alice. it Author Swart, Rudi C. 0000-0001-8629-1299 Forest Programme, NVT, Nature’s Valley, South Africa; swartrudolph 90 @ gmail. com & Department of Conservation Management, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa Author van Noort, Simon 0000-0001-6930-9741 Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa; svannoort @ iziko. org. za & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa Author Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos 0000-0003-2278-2368 INRAE, URZF, Orléans, France; carlos. lopezvaamonde @ inra. fr & IRBI, UMR 7261, CNRS-University of Tours, Tours, France & Natural History Museum Vienna, 2 nd Zoological Department, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria text Nota Lepidopterologica 2026 2026-06-12 49 117 135 journal article 315462 10.3897/nl.49.189942 a349d310-44e3-402e-a2ba-5ae84d43ee7b 1859D19D-3180-4C44-92DE-C3370E498C1A
World c heck list of the species of the genus Cuphodes, with distribution and hostplant.
SpeciesAuthorDistributionHostplant
C. acrolitha(Meyrick, 1908)Sri Lankaunknown
C. albomarginata(Stainton, 1862)Australiaunknown
C. callimacha(Meyrick, 1920)Australiaunknown
C. calycanthaeDe Prins et al. 2025AustraliaDiospyros calycantha O. Schwarz (Ebenaceae)
C. didymostichaTurner, 1940Australiaunknown
C. diospyriVari, 1961S. AfricaDiospyros natalensis (Harv.) Brenan (Ebenaceae)
C. diospyrosella(Issikii, 1957)JapanDiospyros kaki L. f. (Ebenaceae)
C. dolichoceraVari, 1961S. Africaunknown
C. drypetteDe Prins et al. 2025AustraliaDiospyros calycantha (Ebenaceae), Drypetes deplanchei (Brongn. & Gris) Merr. (Putranjivaceae)
C. habrophanesTurner, 1940Australiaunknown
C. holoteles(Turner, 1913)Australiaunknown
C. lechriotoma(Turner, 1913)Australiaunknown
C. leucoceraVari, 1961S. Africaunknown
C. leucopteraDe Prins et al. 2025Australiaunknown
C. lithographa(Meyrick, 1912)Australiaunknown
C. maculosaTurner, 1940Australiaunknown
C. melanostola(Meyrick, 1918)AfricaEuclea divinorum Hiern (Ebenaceae)
C. microta(Turner, 1894)Australiaunknown
C. niphadias(Turner, 1913)AustraliaDiospyros calycantha (Ebenaceae)
C. pandoxa(Turner, 1913)Australiaunknown
C. plexigrapha(Meyrick, 1916)IndiaCayanus cayan (L.) Huth (Fabaceae)
C. profluens(Meyrick, 1916)India, AustraliaVachellia nilotica (L.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb. (Fabaceae)
C. pterocola(Meyrick, 1914)Indiaunknown
C. spermotrophussp. nov.S. AfricaRhamnus prinoides L’Hér (Rhamnaceae)
C. thysanotaMeyrick, 1897Australiaunknown
C. tridoraMeyrick, 1911Seychellesunknown
C. wisteriellaKuroko, 1982JapanWisteriopsis japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) J. Compton & Schrire (Fabaceae)
C. zophopasta(Turner, 1913)Australiaunknown
sp. 1Kawakita et al. 2010Southeast AsiaBerchemiella berchemiifolia (Makino) Nakai, Berchemia floribunda (Wall.) Brogn. (Rhamnaceae)
sp. 2Kawakita et al. 2010Southeast AsiaFrangula crenata Miq. (Rhamnaceae)
sp. 3Kawakita et al. 2010Southeast AsiaRhamnella franguloides (Maxim.) Weberb (Rhamnaceae)
sp. 4Kawakita et al. 2010Southeast AsiaDiospyros kaki L. f., D. japonica Siebold & Zucc., D. lotus L., D. morrisiana Hance ex Walp. (Ebenaceae)
sp. 5Kawakita et al. 2010Southeast AsiaDiospyros sp. (Ebenaceae)
sp. 6Kawakita et al. 2010Southeast AsiaDiospyros kaki, D. japonica Siebold & Zucc. (Ebenaceae)