Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Acrocercopinae (subfamily)/  Dialectica (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1918)
Citation:	Acrocercops pyramidota n. sp.
Original genus:	Acrocercops
Publication:	Meyrick, E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pagination:	39
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50361265

Dialectica pyramidota (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	Holotype	♀	TMSA	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide G7163♀, TMSA	South Africa	[South Africa], Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria.
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	Allotype	♂	TMSA	Metallotype ♂, genitalia slide G7055♂, TMSA.	South Africa	[South Africa], Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria.

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GenBank Accession Number	Publication
ADT0486	Triberti, P., Staude, H., Sharp, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2024. Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species. page 3

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick, E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 39
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	South Africa	Limpopo	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 144
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	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. page 181
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Triberti, P., Staude, H., Sharp, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2024. Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species. page 18

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)	Ehretia rigida	Boraginaceae	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. page 144

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Dialectica pyramidota (1)

Dialectica pyramidota (2)

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