Acrocercops gossypii
Vári, 1961
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SUBFAMILY
Acrocercopinae
GENUS Acrocercops
SPECIES
gossypii
AUTHOR Vári, 1961 ORIGINAL COMBINATION Acrocercops gossypii spec. nov. TYPE LOCALITY South Africa, Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Barberton.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
Latitude: -25°46'30"
Longitude: 31°2'42"
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TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7656♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7654♀, TMSA; Paratypes 18♂ and 10♀, genitalia slides G6635, G6636, G6642, TMSA, ZMHB.
STATUS Species PUBLICATION
Vári, L. 1955. South African Lepidoptera 1. Descriptions of new leafmining Tineina. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(3):331-351.
PAGINATION
158-159; pl. 17, fig. 6; pl. 35, fig. 5; pl. 62, fig. 5; pl. 99, fig. 1
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Mpumalanga
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
159
South Africa North-West
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
159
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
159
Host Plants
FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Malvaceae Gossypium herbaceum South Africa
Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.
159
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A large, irregular, transparent blotch-mine, with yellowish-brown discolorations and whitish margin. Data of Gossypium hirsutum taken from the label under a specimen in TMSA.
