Opogona scaphopis Meyrick, 1909
| FAMILY | Tineidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Hieroxestinae |
| GENUS | Opogona |
| SPECIES | scaphopis |
| AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1909 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Opogona scaphopis, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth [Gqeberha], bred iv from larvae boring stems of Aloe, leg. Lounsbury. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, SAMC. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1909a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5(7):349-379. |
| PAGINATION | 376-377 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Meyrick E. 1909a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5(7):349-379. | 377 |
| South Africa | Gauteng | Giliomee J. H. 2016. Opogona scaphopis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae) causing serious damage to Gasteria and Haworthia at Kristenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. - African Entomology 24(1):233-235. | 233 |
| South Africa | Western Cape | Giliomee J. H. 2016. Opogona scaphopis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae) causing serious damage to Gasteria and Haworthia at Kristenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. - African Entomology 24(1):233-235. | 233 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Xanthorrhoeaceae | Aloe sp. | South Africa | Meyrick E. 1909a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5(7):349-379. | 377 |
| Xanthorrhoeaceae | Gasteria sp. | South Africa | Giliomee J. H. 2016. Opogona scaphopis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae) causing serious damage to Gasteria and Haworthia at Kristenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. - African Entomology 24(1):233-235. | 233 |
| Xanthorrhoeaceae | Haworthia sp. | South Africa | Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 20(2):315-332. | 331 |
* In the stem.
