Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)

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Higher taxa:	Cryptolechiidae (family)/  Orophia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1920)
Citation:	Cryptolechia ammopleura, n. sp.
Original genus:	Cryptolechia
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. VI.
Journal:	Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:	17
Issue:
Pagination:	290
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1520808
Name(English):	Protea speckled borer

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	Syntype	♀	SAMC	Syntypes 2♀, SAMC.	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Cape Town, e.l. Protea mellifera.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	South Africa	Western Cape	Meyrick E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. VI. page 290
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 689
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 689

Plant note:

Stem borer, leaf-miner, and leaf-eater on Protea sp. (see A. C. Myburgh & D. J. Rust 1975: 58). Larvae found in lower part of young flower-heads. Pupae attached at anal ends to side or top of box in which the specimens were bred (see C. G. C. Dickson 1947: 130).

Myburgh A. C. & Rust D. J. 1975. A survey of pests of the Proteaceae in the western and southern Cape Province.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	Protea mellifera	Proteaceae	South Africa	Meyrick E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. VI. page 290
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	Protea pulchella	Proteaceae	South Africa	Dickson C. G. C. 1947. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (3rd series). page 130
Orophia ammopleura (Meyrick, 1920)	Protea sp.	Proteaceae	South Africa	Myburgh A. C. & Rust D. J. 1975. A survey of pests of the Proteaceae in the western and southern Cape Province. page 58

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