Phyllonorycter anchistea (Vári, 1961)

SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	anchistea
AUTHOR	(Vári, 1961)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis anchistea spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	South Africa, Transvaal [Limpopo], Soutpansberg District, Louis Trichardt, 11.v.1953, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -23°3'0" Longitude: 29°54'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7138♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7139♀, TMSA; Paratypes 6♂ and 10♀, genitalia slides G7133♀, G7170♂, TMSA, ZMHB.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION	210-211; pl. 22, fig. 5; pl. 65, fig. 2; pl. 104, fig. 2

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Botswana		De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	123
South Africa	Limpopo	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	211
South Africa	Gauteng	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	211
South Africa	North-West	De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	123
South Africa	Eastern Cape	Triberti, P. 2019. Gracillariidae. In: Mey, W. & Krüger, M. (Eds) The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpement of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:177-188.	182

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Malvaceae	Grewia occidentalis	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	210

* A moderate, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.