Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910

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Permalink:	CRITCHEL
Higher taxa:	Tineidae (family)/  Myrmecozelinae (subfamily)/  Criticonoma (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1910
Citation:	Criticonoma chelonaea, n. sp.
Original genus:	Criticonoma
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1910b. New South African Microlepidoptera.
Journal:	Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:	5
Issue:
Pagination:	415–416
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6604861

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910	Holotype	♂	SAMC	Lectotype ♂, designated as holotype by A. J. T. Janse (1968: 37), genitalia slide L. Vári 141♂, SAMC	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Cape Town.
Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910	Lectotype	♀	NHMUK	Paralectotype 1♀, genitalia slide Gozmány 10230♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Cape Town.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910	South Africa	Western Cape	Meyrick E. 1910b. New South African Microlepidoptera. page 416
Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Mey W. 2019d. Dryadaulidae, Tineidae (Lepidoptera. – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 161

Plant note:

Larva a case-bearer (L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári 1973: 14).

Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910	Undefined Lichens	Undefined	South Africa	Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. page 14

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