Coleophora kenyaensis Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2015
FAMILY | Coleophoridae |
SUBFAMILY | Coleophorinae |
GENUS | Coleophora |
SPECIES | kenyaensis |
AUTHOR | Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2015 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Coleophora kenyaensis Baldizzone & van der Wolf, sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, E. Africa, W. Mt Kenya, 1950 m, 18.xi.1984, leg. G. Bassi. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, coll. Baldizzone; Paratypes 5♂, 7♀, genitalia slides G. Baldizzone 15291♂, 15298♂, 15295♀, H. van der Wolf 8439♂, 8440♀, 9029♀, 9034♀, 9033♂, 11041♂, 11040♀, 8433♀, BMNH, coll. Baldizzone, van der Wolf. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf H. W. 2015. On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (II) (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae). - Zootaxa 4000(3):335–362. |
PAGINATION | 337–339, figs 1, 14–17 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf H. W. 2015. On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (II) (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae). - Zootaxa 4000(3):335–362. | 337 |
Host Plants
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