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Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)

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Higher taxa: Tineidae (family)/  Tineinae (subfamily)/  Acridotarsa (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Meyrick, 1915)
Citation:Paraclystis melipecta, n. sp.
Original genus:Paraclystis
Publication:Meyrick E. 1915a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1.
Journal:—
Volume:1
Issue:10–15
Pagination:293–294
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10440181
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, [not ♀ as stated in the original description], genitalia slide Gozmány, NHMUK. Malawi [Malawi S], Nyasaland, Mt Mlanje [Mulanje], 17.ii.1914, leg. S. A. Neave.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Central African Republic Viette P. 1957e. Les Lépidoptères des nids. page 109
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 18 (as integer)
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the East Kasai Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 18 (as divisus)
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 18 (as divisus)
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Côte d'Ivoire Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. page 36
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Kenya Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. page 36
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Malawi Meyrick E. 1915a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. page 294
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Mozambique Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 131 (as comprehensa)
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Nigeria Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. page 36
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 127 (as melicosma)
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Tanzania Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. page 36
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Uganda Gozmány L. A. 1966a. Tineid moths from the Ruwenzori range (Lepidoptera). page 54
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Zambia Gozmány L. A. 1967a. Three Tineid collections (Lepidoptera) from Africa. page 110
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Zimbabwe Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. page 36
Plant note:

In the nest of Schedorhinotermes lamanianus Sjöstedt and S. putorius Sjöstedt (Isoptera) (see Silvestri 1920: 297, E. Meyrick 1921b: 127, A. W. McKenny-Hughes 1935: 51, Ghesquière 1940a: 18, L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári 1973: 36). Description of the larva by P. Eltringham (1935: 50–51, as Passalactis tentatrix Meyrick, 1935).

Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Undefined Nest of Isoptera Undefined Silvestri F. 1920. Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Termitidi e Termitofili dell'Africa occidentale, II. – Termitofili. Parte 2. page 297 (as divisus)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Acridotarsa comprehensa (Meyrick, 1921) (Meyrick, 1921) species Synonym Latypica comprehensa
Acridotarsa divisus (Silvestri, 1920) (Silvestri, 1920) species Synonym Plastopolypus divisus
Acridotarsa integer (Silvestri, 1920) (Silvestri, 1920) species Synonym Plastopolypus integer
Acridotarsa melicosma (Meyrick, 1921) (Meyrick, 1921) species Synonym Emmetoeca melicosma
Acridotarsa tentatrix (Meyrick, 1935) (Meyrick, 1935) species Synonym Passalactis tentatrix