Acanthopsyche tristis Janse, 1917

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FAMILY Psychidae
SUBFAMILY Oiketicinae
GENUS Acanthopsyche
SPECIES tristis
AUTHORJanse, 1917
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAcanthopsyche (Oiketicoides) tristis
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, New Hanover, 01.iii.1915, leg. C. B. Hardenberg.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, TMSA.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Janse A. J. T. 1917c. South African bagworms: notes on the Psychidae and on the genera Gymnolemna and Trichocossus, with description of five new species. - Annals of the Natal Museum 3(3):589-614.
PAGINATION 597-598; pl. 43, fig. 3 Bhl

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Bourgogne J. 1979a. Sur trois Acanthopsyche d'Afrique orientale dont une espèce nouvelle. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 84(3-4):79-83. 81
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1917c. South African bagworms: notes on the Psychidae and on the genera Gymnolemna and Trichocossus, with description of five new species. - Annals of the Natal Museum 3(3):589-614. 597

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Liliaceae Asparagus sp. South Africa Hardenberg C. B. 1919a. South African bagworms: their transformations, life-history, and economic importance. Part II. - Annals of the Natal Museum 4(1):143-227, pl. 13. 144

*   Also on ornamental plants (see Hardenberg 1919a: 144).