Caloptilia vicinola Vári, 1961

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSCaloptilia
SPECIES vicinola
AUTHORVári, 1961
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONCaloptilia vicinola spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYS.[outhern] Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Melsetter District, Mt. Selinda, 05.v.1956, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7435, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7436, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂ and 4♀, genitalia slide G7434, TMSA.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION 9-10; pl. 2, fig. 1; pl. 51, 5; pl. 75, fig. 4; pl. 111, fig. 3

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 10
Zimbabwe   Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 9-10

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Annonaceae Monanthotaxis sp. Zimbabwe Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 10
Annonaceae Popowia sp. Zimbabwe Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 10

*   An irregular, transparent blotch-mine, often between two parallel veins and thus having an irregular square shape.