Caloptilia cataractias
(Meyrick, 1921)
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| SUBFAMILY |
Gracillariinae
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| GENUS | Caloptilia |
| SPECIES |
cataractias
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| AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1921) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gracilaria cataractias n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Victoria Falls; [South Africa], Transvaal, Rustenburg.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7217♂, TMSA; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7197♀, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂, ZMHB.
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| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Considered by Vári (1961: 12) as a subspecies of Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909). Species described on 2 specimens only. |
| PUBLICATION |
Meyrick, E. 1921a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49-148.
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| PAGINATION |
122
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Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY |
PROVINCE/STATE |
PUBLICATION |
PAGE |
| Namibia |
|
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
12 |
| South Africa |
Gauteng |
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
12 |
| South Africa |
Limpopo |
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
12 |
| South Africa |
North-West |
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
12 |
| Zimbabwe |
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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 |
| Fabaceae |
Rhynchosia caribaea |
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Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
12 |
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First part of the mine a narrow gallery on underside of leaf, second part a much wider gallery.
