Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Gracillariinae (subfamily)/  Gracillariini (tribe)/  Aristaea (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1908)
Citation:	Macarostola onychota, sp. n.
Original genus:	Macarostola
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1908b. Descriptions of African Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1908
Issue:	3
Pagination:	735–736
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938943

Aristaea onychota (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide 3987♂, selected by J. D. Bradley, published in L. Vári (1961: 61), NHMUK [in the original description, E. Meyrick mentioned 4 specimens].	South Africa	[South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Pretoria, 11.v.1906, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Botswana		Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page 62
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Nigeria		Bland K. P. 1980. Nigerian Gracillariidae. page 25
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Réunion		Bippus M. 2019a. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. page 21
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Sao Tome & Principe	São Tomé	Meyrick E. 1934b. The Percy Sladen and Godman Trusts Expedition to the Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, October 1932 March 1933. III. Micro-Lepidoptera. page 410
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page 62
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page 62
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick E. 1908b. Descriptions of African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 736
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Zimbabwe		Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page 62

Plant note:

A moderate, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on upperside of leaf.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Lantana camara	Verbenaceae	South Africa	Kroon D. M. 1999. Lepidoptera of southern Africa. Host plants & other associations.
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Lantana rugosa	Verbenaceae	South Africa	Triberti P. 1989. The Gracillariidae fauna of the tropical Africa. 1. Genera Caloptilia Hübner and Aristaea Meyrick. page 90
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Lippia asperifolia	Verbenaceae	South Africa	Triberti P. 1989. The Gracillariidae fauna of the tropical Africa. 1. Genera Caloptilia Hübner and Aristaea Meyrick. page 90
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)	Lippia javanica	Verbenaceae	South Africa	Kroon D. M. 1999. Lepidoptera of southern Africa. Host plants & other associations.

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Aristaea onychota (1)

Aristaea onychota (3)

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