Stomphastis polygoni Vári, 1961

SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Stomphastis
SPECIES	polygoni
AUTHOR	Vári, 1961
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Stomphastis polygoni spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Melsetter District, Mt. Selinda, 28.iv.1956, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7444, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7445, TMSA; Paratypes 3♂ and 3♀, genitalia slides G7621, G7622, TMSA.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
PAGINATION	90-91; pl. 10, fig. 7; pl. 30, fig. 4; pl. 56, fig. 8; pl. 88, fig. 4

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
China	Guangdong	Bai, H. Y., Li, H. H. & Kendrick, R. C. 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioideae). - SHILAP, Revista de Lepidopterologia 37(148):495-509.	503
China	Hainan	Bai, H. Y., Li, H. H. & Kendrick, R. C. 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioideae). - SHILAP, Revista de Lepidopterologia 37(148):495-509.	503
China	Yunnan	Bai, H. Y., Li, H. H. & Kendrick, R. C. 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioideae). - SHILAP, Revista de Lepidopterologia 37(148):495-509.	503
Hong Kong		Bai, H. Y., Li, H. H. & Kendrick, R. C. 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioideae). - SHILAP, Revista de Lepidopterologia 37(148):495-509.	503
Zimbabwe		Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	91

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Polygonaceae	Persicaria setosula	Zimbabwe	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	91

* A rather large, very irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a long, narrow gallery.