Plutella stichocentra Meyrick, 1932
FAMILY | Plutellidae |
SUBFAMILY | |
GENUS | Plutella |
SPECIES | stichocentra |
AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1932 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Plutella stichocentra, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Ethiopia], Abyssinia, Mt Chillálo, 12,000-13,000 ft, 18.xi.1926, leg. H. Scott. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | 9 Syntypes ♂, ♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1932b. Entomological Expedition to Abyssinia, 1926-7. Microlepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 80(1):107-120. |
PAGINATION | 118 |
Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Ethiopia | Meyrick E. 1932b. Entomological Expedition to Abyssinia, 1926-7. Microlepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 80(1):107-120. | 118 | |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Agassiz D. J. L. 2019b. Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Praydidae (Yponomeutoidea). - 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 8:201-205. | 203 |
Host Plants
Unknown
* Perhaps on Helichrysum citrispinum (see E. Meyrick 1932b: 118).