Phyllonorycter grewiaecola (Vári, 1961)

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SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	grewiaecola
AUTHOR	(Vári, 1961)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis grewiaecola spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	South Africa, Transvaal [Limpopo], Soutpansberg District, Waterpoort, 04.v.1956, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7507♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7677♀, TMSA; Paratype 1♀, genitalia slide G7499♀, TMSA.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION	212-213; pl. 22, fig. 7; pl. 65, fig. 4; pl. 104, fig. 6

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Kenya		De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	77
Namibia		Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	213
South Africa	Limpopo	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	213
Zimbabwe		Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	213

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Malvaceae	Grewia damine	South Africa	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	213
Malvaceae	Grewia tristis	Kenya	De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	79

*   A small oval, tentiform mine, either on upper or underside of the leaf. The record of Grewia damine (=G. kwebensis) needs confirmation.