Scythris cometa Meyrick, 1909

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Permalink:	SCYTCOME
Higher taxa:	Scythrididae (family)/  Scythridinae (subfamily)/  Scythris (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1909
Citation:	Scythris cometa, n. sp.
Original genus:	Scythris
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	2
Issue:	1
Pagination:	21–22; pl. 7, fig. 3
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50494906

Scythris cometa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Scythris cometa Meyrick, 1909	Holotype	♀	TMSA	Holotype ♀, type no 394, TMSA.	South Africa	[South Africa, Gauteng], Pretoria, 25.iv.1906, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Scythris cometa Meyrick, 1909	South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. page 22
Scythris cometa Meyrick, 1909	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Bengtsson B. Å. 2019. Scythrididae (Gelechioidea). – 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 253

Plant note:

Asteraceae sp. (see P. Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero 2007: 18).

Passerin d'Entrèves P. & Roggero A. 2007. Scythrididae. – In: Heppner, J. B. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) fascicule 44.

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Scythris cometa (1)

Scythris cometa (2)

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