Caffrocrambus dichotomellus (Hampson, 1919)
| FAMILY | Crambidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Crambinae |
| GENUS | Caffrocrambus |
| SPECIES | dichotomellus |
| AUTHOR | (Hampson, 1919) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Crambus dichotomellus, sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Cape Colony, Annshaw, leg. F. Barrett. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀ (not ♂ as stated in original description), genialia slide S. Bleszynski 5534♀, BMNH; Paratype 1♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Caffrocrambus by S. Błeszyński (1961a: 201). |
| PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1919b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Crambinae and Siginae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 3(15):275-292; (17): 437-457; (18): 533-547. |
| PAGINATION | 284 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Lesotho | Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. - Bulletin de la Société lépidoptérologique de Genève 5(4):181-256. | 190 | |
| South Africa | Free State | Bassi G. 2019b. Crambidae: Crambinae (Pyraloidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:299-312. | 301 |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Hampson G. F. 1919b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Crambinae and Siginae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 3(15):275-292; (17): 437-457; (18): 533-547. | 284 |
| South Africa | Western Cape | Bassi G. 2019b. Crambidae: Crambinae (Pyraloidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:299-312. | 301 |
Host Plants
Unknown
