Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)

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FAMILY Cosmopterigidae
SUBFAMILY Chrysopeleiinae
GENUS Gisilia
SPECIES sclerodes
AUTHOR(Meyrick, 1909)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONStagmatophora sclerodes, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Gauteng], Pretoria, 16.x.1908, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -25°44'44" Longitude: 28°11'18"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 9222♀, TMSA.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls 1–8.
PAGINATION 19–20; pl. 6, fig. 7

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Democratic Republic of Congo   Sinev S. Yu. 2007. Chryopeleiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) new and little-known species of the genus Gisilia Kasy from Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 4:65–74. 67
Kenya   Sinev S. Yu. 2007. Chryopeleiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) new and little-known species of the genus Gisilia Kasy from Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 4:65–74. 67
Mauritius   Bippus M. 2020a. Review of the Genus Orygocera Walsingham, 1897 from the Mascarenes with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae, Stenomatinae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 48(191):403–409. 406
Namibia   Sinev S. Yu. 2007. Chryopeleiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) new and little-known species of the genus Gisilia Kasy from Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 4:65–74. 67
Nigeria   Sinev S. Yu. 2007. Chryopeleiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) new and little-known species of the genus Gisilia Kasy from Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 4:65–74. 67
Réunion   Bippus M. 2020a. Review of the Genus Orygocera Walsingham, 1897 from the Mascarenes with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae, Stenomatinae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 48(191):403–409. 406
Sierra Leone   Kasy F. 1970a. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Bifascia Amsel, Bifascioides Kasy, und Gisilia Kasy (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae). - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 74:187–194. 194
South Africa Gauteng Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls 1–8. 20
South Africa Eastern Cape McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa. - African Entomology 1(1):49–56. 53
Sudan   Meyrick E. 1931a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(2–6):33–192. 54
United Arab Emirates   Koster J. C. 2010b. Order Lepidoptera, family Cosmopterigidae. – In: A. van Harten (Ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 3:532–551. 545

Notes:  Palaearctic: Egypt.

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Acacia nilotica Sudan Meyrick E. 1931a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(2–6):33–192. 54
Fabaceae Acacia arabica Sudan Meyrick E. 1931a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(2–6):33–192. 54
Fabaceae Acacia farnesiana Réunion Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). - Atalanta, Würzburg 52(1–2):162–164. 162
Fabaceae Pithecollobium dulce Réunion Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). - Atalanta, Würzburg 52(1–2):162–164. 162

*   In the flowers (see M. Bippus 2021: 162).