Coleophora enchitis Meyrick, 1920
| FAMILY | Coleophoridae |
| SUBFAMILY | Coleophorinae |
| GENUS | Coleophora |
| SPECIES | enchitis |
| AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1920 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Coleophora enchitis, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, British East Africa, Mt Kenya, W slope, 2400 m, i–ii.1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♂, designated by P. Viette (1951b: 86), genitalia slide G. Baldizzone 2288♂, MNHN; 2 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, MNHN; 1♂, genitalia slide 27346♂, BMNH (see Baldizzone & van der Wolf 2015: 359). |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33–120. |
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91
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| ptilocharis | Meyrick, 1938 | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | North Kivu | Meyrick E. 1938a. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Pterophoridae, Tortricina and Tineina. - Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo belge 14:3–28, pls 1–3. | 22 (as ptilocharis) |
| Kenya | Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33–120. | 91 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Trifolium semipilosum | Kenya | Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf H. W. 2015. On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (II) (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae). - Zootaxa 4000(3):335–362. | 359 |
