Metriochroa argyrocelis
Vári, 1961
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| SUBFAMILY |
Phyllocnistinae
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| GENUS | Metriochroa |
| SPECIES |
argyrocelis
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| AUTHOR | Vári, 1961 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Metriochroa argyrocelis spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Melsetter District, Mt. Selinda, 13.iv.1956, leg. L. Vári.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7669, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7670, TMSA; Paratypes 6♂ and 1♀, genitalia slides G7438, G7439, TMSA, ZMHB.
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| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION |
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
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| PAGINATION |
199-200; pl. 22, fig. 1-2; pl. 64, fig. 7; pl. 103, fig. 4
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Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY |
PROVINCE/STATE |
PUBLICATION |
PAGE |
| Zimbabwe |
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Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
200 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY |
SPECIES |
COUNTRY |
PUBLICATION |
PAGE |
| Balsaminaceae |
Impatiens sylvicola |
Zimbabwe |
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. |
200 |
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An extremely long, narrow, irregularly contorted gallery on upperside of leaf.
