| FAMILY |
Nepticulidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Nepticulinae
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| GENUS |
Fomoria |
| SPECIES |
fuscata
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| AUTHOR | (Janse, 1948) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Nepticula fuscata, spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Namibia], S. W. Africa, Grootfontein District, near Otjiwarongo, Abachaus [Abaehausberg], x.1945, leg. G. Hobohm.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♂, designated by M. Scoble (1983: 37), genitalia slide TMSA 4971♂, wing slide 3883, type no. 2357, TMSA; Paralectotype 1♀, TMSA; the original description mentioned 2♂, 4♀ syntypes, TMSA.
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| STATUS |
Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Fomoria by Diškus & Puplesis (2003: 385). One ♂ paratype is misidentified and belongs to Ectoedemia commiphorella Scoble, 1978; the other ♂ syntypes and 3♀ syntypes from the original syntype series belong to other species (Scoble 1983: 37). |
| PUBLICATION |
Janse A. J. T. 1942-1948. The moths of South Africa. Volume IV. Jugatae, Adelidae and Nepticulidae. - — 4(1):i-xxv, 1-78; 2(1945): 79-148; 3(1948): 149-185; pls. 47-94.
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| PAGINATION |
165-166; pl. 82, fig. 4; pl. 83, fig. 7; pl. 91, fig. 2; pl. 93, fig. 3
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