Acanthopsyche emiliae (Heylaerts, 1890)
FAMILY | Psychidae |
SUBFAMILY | Oiketicinae |
GENUS | Acanthopsyche |
SPECIES | emiliae |
AUTHOR | (Heylaerts, 1890) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Chalia Emiliae m. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Mozambique, leg. H. A. Junod. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♂, designated by J. Bourgogne (1964a: 897), RMNH; Paralectotype 1♂, RMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Acanthopsyche by W. Dierl (1972: 25). |
PUBLICATION | Heylaerts J. F. M. 1890b. Trois Psychides inédites de l'Afrique orientale méridionale. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Belgique 34:clxxx-clxxxiii. |
PAGINATION |
clxxx-clxxxi
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. - — :i-viii, 1-434. | 109 | |
Mozambique | Heylaerts J. F. M. 1890a. Notes psychidologiques. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Belgique 34:cxxx-cxxxiii. | clxxxi | |
Zimbabwe | Kutywayo D. 1989. An annotated list of parasitoids and predators of coffee insect pests in Zimbabwe. - Zimbabwe Journal of Agricultural Research 27:11-20. |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Rubiaceae | Coffea sp. | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 182 |