Phodoryctis thrypticosema (Vári, 1961)

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SUBFAMILY Acrocercopinae
GENUSPhodoryctis
SPECIES thrypticosema
AUTHOR(Vári, 1961)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAcrocercops thrypticosema spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Hlabisa District, Dukuduku Forest, 09.xii.1956, leg. R. M. Martin.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7574, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7575, TMSA; Paratypes 2♂, 6♀, genitalia slides G7437, G7512, TMSA.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION 162-163; pl. 17, fig. 8; pl. 62, fig. 6; pl. 99, 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. 163
Zimbabwe   Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 163

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Fabaceae Craibia brevicaudata South Africa Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 163

*   A moderate, irregular, narrowly oblong, semi-transparent blotch-mine on upperside of leaf. Needs confirmation.