Review of the Afrotropical genus Dracontogena Diakonoff, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) with descriptions of eight new species

Abstract

The Afrotropical genus Dracontogena Diakonoff is reviewed, and the genitalia of the 15 species present in mainlandAfrica are illustrated. Eight new species are described: Dracontogena agassizi, D. rubondoensis, D. bjornstadi, D.angolensis, D. solii, D. kingstoni, D. gilligani and D. sundi. Dracontogena niphadonta continentalis Karisch is elevatedto species rank; Dracontogena hoppei Karisch is synonymised with D. continentalis Karisch; and Fulcrifera deltozyga(Meyrick) is transferred to Dracontogena, new combination. Twelve specimens were subjected to DNA barcoding, andsequence data from four additional specimens were used from the German LEPDE BOLD-project. A neighbour-joining tree is provided. A key to males of all known species is given.