Pleiomorpha homotypa Vári, 1961

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSPleiomorpha
SPECIES homotypa
AUTHORVári, 1961
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPleiomorpha homotypa spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria, 15.xii.1956, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -25°44'0" Longitude: 28°11'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7234 (= a former syntype of Epicephala barbitias Meyrick, 1909), TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7143, TMSA; Paratypes 3♂ and 6♀, genitalia slides G7532, G7541, G7542, G7543, G7544, G7643, G7645, TMSA.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION 127-128; pl.13, fig. 4; pl.34, fig. 2; pl.59, fig. 3; pl.94, fig. 2; pl.109, fig. 4; pl.112, fig. 3

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Gauteng Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 128
South Africa Limpopo Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 128

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Ebenaceae Diospyros lycioides   Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls. 128

*   A small, oblong, transparent, tentiform mine along the mid-rib.