Stomphastis cardamitis (Meyrick, 1921)

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SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Stomphastis
SPECIES	cardamitis
AUTHOR	(Meyrick, 1921)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Parectopa cardamitis n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa], Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -25°44'0" Longitude: 28°11'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7209, TMSA; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7522, TMSA.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick, E. 1921a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49-148.
PAGINATION	122

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick, E. 1921a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49-148.	122

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Euphorbiaceae	Croton Croton gratissimus var. subgratissimus	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	81

*   A moderate, irregular, oblong, semi-transparent blotch mine which starts as a narrow, short gallery.