Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860

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Higher taxa:	Yponomeutidae (family)/  Yponomeutinae (subfamily)/  Yponomeuta (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Stainton, 1860
Citation:	Hyponomeuta Africanus, n. sp.
Original genus:	Yponomeuta
Publication:	Stainton H. T. 1860. Descriptions of South African Tineina collected by R. Trimen, Esq., in 1858–9.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	(2) 5
Issue:
Pagination:	222–223
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14692085

Yponomeuta africanus (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK, not retrieved (see J. A. Lewis & J.-C. Sohn 2015: 121)	South Africa	South Africa, [Western Cape], Knysna, i, leg. R. Trimen.	Lewis J. A. & Sohn J.-C. 2015. Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). – In: Landry B. (Ed.), World Catalogue of Insects. page 222–223
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860		♂	SAMC	♂, SAMC (see W. Mey 2015b: 94).	South Africa	South Africa, [Western Cape], Knysna, i, leg. R. Trimen.	Lewis J. A. & Sohn J.-C. 2015. Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). – In: Landry B. (Ed.), World Catalogue of Insects. page 222–223

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	Kenya		Agassiz D. J. L. 2019a. The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). page 16
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	South Africa	Western Cape	Stainton H. T. 1860. Descriptions of South African Tineina collected by R. Trimen, Esq., in 1858–9. page 223
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Agassiz D. J. L. 2019a. The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). page 16
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	South Africa	Gauteng	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 40
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	South Sudan		Agassiz D. J. L. 2019a. The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). page 16
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	Tanzania		Agassiz D. J. L. 2019a. The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). page 16
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	Uganda		Agassiz D. J. L. 2019a. The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). page 16
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860	Zimbabwe		Agassiz D. J. L. 2019a. The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). page 16

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Yponomeuta africanus (1)

Yponomeuta africanus (2)

Yponomeuta africanus (3)

Yponomeuta africanus (4)

Yponomeuta africanus (5)

Yponomeuta africanus (6)

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