Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897

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Permalink:	IDIOAFRI
Higher taxa:	Tortricidae (family)/  Chlidanotinae (subfamily)/  Hilarographini (tribe)/  Idiothauma (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walsingham, 1897
Citation:	Idiothauma africanum, sp. n.
Original genus:	Idiothauma
Publication:	Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1897
Issue:	1
Pagination:	50–51; pl. 2, fig.9
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14682951

Idiothauma africanum (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	3 Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	Gabon	[Gabon], French Congo, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé [Kango], leg. A. C. Good.

Distribution note:

The identity of the Kenyan specimens needs confirmation (Brown et al. 2014: 351).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897	Cameroon		Razowski J. 1995a. Catalogue of the species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Part III: Afrotropical Chlidanotinae and Tortricinae: Phricanthini, Cochylini and Tortricini. page 184
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1913d. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IV. (Verschiedene Familien). page 81
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897	Gabon		Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 51
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897	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). page 351

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897	Maesa lanceolata	Myrsinaceae	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). page 351

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Idiothauma africanum (1)

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