Coleophora capitensis Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2011
FAMILY | Coleophoridae |
SUBFAMILY | Coleophorinae |
GENUS | Coleophora |
SPECIES | capitensis |
AUTHOR | Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2011 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Coleophora capitensis Baldizzone & van der Wolf, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Western Cape], RSA [Republic of South Africa], Cape Province, De Hoop Nature Reserve, 16–18.ii.1993, leg. W. Mey & K. Ebert. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G. Baldizzone 13553♂, ZMHB; Paratypes 5♂, 9♀, genitalia slides G. Baldizzone 13549, 13550, 13567, 15006, 11925, 11928, 11654, H. van der Wolf 10623, 10624, 10665, 10636, 10669; ZMHB, TMSA, coll. Baldizzone, van der Wolf. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf H. W. 2011. On Afrotropical Coleophoridae (I) (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 39(156):351–377. |
PAGINATION | 353–354, figs 3, 23–29 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Western Cape | Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf H. W. 2011. On Afrotropical Coleophoridae (I) (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 39(156):351–377. | 353 |
Host Plants
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