Fulcrifera periculosa (Meyrick, 1913)

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FAMILY	Tortricidae
SUBFAMILY	Olethreutinae
GENUS	Fulcrifera
SPECIES	periculosa
AUTHOR	(Meyrick, 1913)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Laspeyresia periculosa, n. sp
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Limpopo], Three Sisters, 15.ii.1911, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -25°47'0" Longitude: 31°7'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Lectotype ♂, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2007: 132-133), genitalia slide 13658♂, type no 1044, TMSA; 4 Paralectotypes, TMSA, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Transferred to Fulcrifera by J. Razowski (2002a: 201).
PUBLICATION	Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336.
PAGINATION	280

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Kenya		Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120.	67
South Africa	Limpopo	Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336.	280
Tanzania		Razowski J. 2015a. African Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), chiefly from the collection of Graziano Bassi. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 58(1):21-100.	58

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Rubiaceae	Polysphaeria multiflora	Kenya	Brown J. W., Copeland R. S., Aarvik L., Miller S. M., Rosati S. E. & Luke Q. 2014. Host records for fruit-feeding Afrotropical Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). - African Entomology 22(2):343-376.	362

*   The identity of the lepidopteran species needs confirmation (see J. Brown et al. 2014: 362).