Stomphastis tremina Vári, 1961

FAMILY	Gracillariidae
SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Stomphastis
SPECIES	tremina
AUTHOR	Vári, 1961
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Stomphastis tremina spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	South Africa, Transvaal [Limpopo], Soutpansberg District, Louis Trichardt, 04.vi.1953, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide G7057♂, TMSA; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide G7058♀, TMSA; Paratypes 1♂, 3♀, TMSA.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:1-238, pls 1-112.
PAGINATION	89-90; pl. 10, fig. 6; fig. 56, fig. 6; pl. 88, fig. 2

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Namibia		Triberti P. 2004. Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera, Gracillarioidea). - In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 1:75-89.	80
South Africa	Limpopo	Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:1-238, pls 1-112.	90

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Ulmaceae	Trema orientalis	South Africa	Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 12:1-238, pls 1-112.	90

* A rather large, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long, narrow gallery.