Dialectica carcharota
(Meyrick, 1912)
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SUBFAMILY
Acrocercopinae
GENUS Dialectica
SPECIES
carcharota
AUTHOR (Meyrick, 1912) ORIGINAL COMBINATION Acrocercops carcharota, n. sp. TYPE LOCALITY South Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria, 06.i.1910, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
Latitude: -25°44'0"
Longitude: 28°11'0"
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TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, genitalia slide G7231, TMSA; Metallotype ♂, genitalia slide G7194, TMSA.
STATUS Species PUBLICATION
Meyrick, E. 1912a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(1):1-32.
PAGINATION
22-23
Species pictures
Species Distribution
COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Ethiopia
Vári, L. 1963. Neue afrikanische Microlepidoptera. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, N. F. 20(1-2):1-12, 1 pl.
8
South Africa Gauteng
Meyrick, E. 1912a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(1):1-32.
23
South Africa Eastern Cape
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
142
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
142
South Africa Western Cape
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
142
Zimbabwe
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
142
Host Plants
FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Boraginaceae Borago officinalis South Africa
De Prins, W. & De Prins, J. 2005. Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). In: Landry, B. (Ed.), World catalogue of insects. Volume 6. - — :1-502.
171
Boraginaceae Cynoglossum hochstetteri Ethiopia
Vári, L. 1963. Neue afrikanische Microlepidoptera. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, N. F. 20(1-2):1-12, 1 pl.
8
Boraginaceae Lithospermum sp.
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
142
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An irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine, usually occupying a whole leaf. Mentioned from Stapelia sp. [Asclepiadaceae] (Meyrick 1934b: 524) but this needs confirmation (see Vári 1963: 8).
