Dialectica pyramidota (Meyrick, 1918)
SUBFAMILY | Acrocercopinae |
GENUS | Dialectica |
SPECIES | pyramidota |
AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1918) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Acrocercops pyramidota n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa], Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -25°44'0" Longitude: 28°11'0" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, genitalia slide G7163♀, TMSA; Metallotype ♂, genitalia slide G7055♂, TMSA. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6(2):7-59. |
PAGINATION | 39 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Gauteng | Meyrick, E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6(2):7-59. | 39 |
South Africa | Limpopo | Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. | 144 |
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. - Esperiana Memoir 8:177-188. | 181 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Boraginaceae | Ehretia rigida | South Africa | Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. | 144 |