Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911

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Permalink:	SCYTFONT
Higher taxa:	Scythrididae (family)/  Scythridinae (subfamily)/  Scythris (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1911
Citation:	Scythris fonticola, n. sp.
Original genus:	Scythris
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1911d. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. III.
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	3
Issue:	1
Pagination:	72
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50476978

Scythris fonticola (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see B. Bengtsson 2014: 84), NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa, Limpopo], Moorddrift, x.1909, leg. C. J. Swierstra.	Bengtsson B. Å. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. page 72

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911	Namibia		Bengtsson B. Å. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. page 84
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Limpopo	Meyrick E. 1911d. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. III. page 72
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Northern Cape	Nupponen K. 2018. Notes on Scythrididae of western South Africa and Namibia, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) page 75
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Western Cape	Nupponen K. 2018. Notes on Scythrididae of western South Africa and Namibia, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) page 75
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Bengtsson B. Å. 2019. Scythrididae (Gelechioidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 253

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Scythris fonticola (1)

Scythris fonticola (2)

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