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Aphelia elegans (Walsingham, 1881)

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Higher taxa: Tortricidae (family)/  Tortricinae (subfamily)/  Archipini (tribe)/  Aphelia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walsingham, 1881)
Citation:Lozotaenia elegans, n. s.
Original genus:Lozotaenia
Publication:Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1881. On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa.
Journal:Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:1881
Issue:2
Pagination:224–225, pl. 10, fig. 4
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14698211
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Aphelia elegans (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Aphelia by L. Aarvik (2019: 315).

Aarvik L. 2019. Tortricidae (Tortricoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Aphelia elegans (Walsingham, 1881) Lectotype ♀ SAMC Lectotype ♀, type SAM-LEP-A016989, designated by J. Razowski & M. Krüger (2013: 219), SAMC South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Spring Vale, leg. W. D. Gooch. Razowski J. & Krüger M. 2013. An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae in the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). page 224–225, pl. 10, fig. 4
Aphelia elegans (Walsingham, 1881) Lectotype ♂ SAMC 3 paralectotypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, not found (J. Razowski & M. Krüger 2013: 219). South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Spring Vale, leg. W. D. Gooch. Razowski J. & Krüger M. 2013. An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Tortricidae in the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). page 224–225, pl. 10, fig. 4
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Aphelia corroborata (Meyrick, 1918) (Meyrick, 1918) species Synonym Tortrix corroborata
Aphelia elegantana (Vári, 1962) (Vári, 1962) species Misapplied Archips elegantana
Aphelia finita (Meyrick, 1924) (Meyrick, 1924) species Synonym Cnephasia finita
Aphelia perversa (Meyrick, 1912) (Meyrick, 1912) species Synonym Epichorista perversa