Phyllonorycter melhaniae (Vári, 1961)

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SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	melhaniae
AUTHOR	(Vári, 1961)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis melhaniae spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Zimbabwe], S. Rhodesia, Melsetter District, Hot Springs, 29.iv.1956, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7495♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7496♀, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂ and 4♀, TMSA, ZMHB.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION	218-219; pl. 23, fig. 5; pl. 65, fig. 8; pl. 105, fig. 4

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
South Africa	Limpopo	De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	130
Zimbabwe		Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	219

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Malvaceae	Melhania velutina	Zimbabwe	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	219

*   A moderate, oblong, opaque, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.