Leuronoma nakurensis Agassiz & Bidzilya, 2016
FAMILY | Gelechiidae |
SUBFAMILY | Anomologinae |
GENUS | Leuronoma |
SPECIES | nakurensis |
AUTHOR | Agassiz & Bidzilya, 2016 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Leuronoma nakurensis spec. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru Park, 6000 ft, 10.v.2005, leg. D. J. L. Agassiz. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH; Paratypes 5♂, 3♀, genitalia slides O. Bidzilya 1387♂, 1417♀, 1388♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116–145. |
PAGINATION | 134, figs 34, 35, 40, 44 |
Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116–145. | 134 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116–145. | 134 |