Dialectica pavonicola (Vári, 1961)

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SUBFAMILY Acrocercopinae
GENUSDialectica
SPECIES pavonicola
AUTHOR(Vári, 1961)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAcrocercops pavonicola spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Transvaal [Limpopo], Soutpansberg District, Louis Trichardt, 06.vi.1923, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, genitalia slide G7160, TMSA.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION 148-149; pl. 19, fig. 2; pl. 97, fig. 2

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Limpopo Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 149

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Malvaceae Pavonia columella South Africa Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 149

*   A large, irregular, transparent, whitish blotch-mine on upperside of leaf with greenish-brown discoloration.