Brenthia octogemmifera (Walsingham, 1897)
| FAMILY | Choreutidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Choreutinae |
| GENUS | Brenthia |
| SPECIES | octogemmifera |
| AUTHOR | (Walsingham, 1897) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Choreutis octogemmifera, sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Nigeria], Yoruba, Idanre, 1894, leg. G. Carter; [Gabon], French Congo, Valley of the Ogooué River, leg. A. C. Good. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 3♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1897(1):33–67, pls 2–3. |
| PAGINATION |
52–53; pl. 3, fig. 18
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Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Equateur | Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés Sér. III (II) 7(1):1–120, pls i–v. | 31 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Strand E. 1913d. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IV. (Verschiedene Familien). - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A) (1912)(12):30–84, pls 1–2. | 82 | |
| Gabon | Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1897(1):33–67, pls 2–3. | 53 | |
| Nigeria | Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1897(1):33–67, pls 2–3. | 53 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Undefined | Undefined Polyphagous | Congo, DR | Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés Sér. III (II) 7(1):1–120, pls i–v. | 31 |
