Phyllonorycter melhaniae (Vári, 1961)

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FAMILY Gracillariidae
SUBFAMILY Lithocolletinae
GENUS Phyllonorycter
SPECIES melhaniae
AUTHOR(Vári, 1961)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONLithocolletis melhaniae spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Zimbabwe], Southern Rhodesia, Melsetter District, Hot Springs.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7495♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7496, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂, 4♀, TMSA.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:1–238, pls 1–112.
PAGINATION 218–219; pl. 23, fig. 5; pl. 65, fig. 8; pl. 105, fig. 4

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Zimbabwe   Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:1–238, pls 1–112. 218–219

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Malvaceae Melhania velutina Zimbabwe Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:1–238, pls 1–112. 219