Aspilapteryx filifera (Meyrick, 1912)

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SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Aspilapteryx
SPECIES	filifera
AUTHOR	(Meyrick, 1912)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria filifera, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa], Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -25°44'0" Longitude: 28°11'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7231♂, TMSA; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7299♀, TMSA; Paratype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	A junior subjective synonym of Caloptilia pentaplaca (Meyrick, 1911); synonymized by Triberti (1987b: 125). Not accepted by Vári (2002, pers. comm.).
PUBLICATION	Meyrick, E. 1912a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(1):1-32.
PAGINATION	27

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Namibia		Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	33
South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick, E. 1912a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(1):1-32.	27
South Africa	Mpumalanga	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	32
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Vári, L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:238 pp. 112 pls.	33