Fomoria kharuxabi (Mey, 2004)

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FAMILY Nepticulidae
SUBFAMILY Nepticulinae
GENUS Fomoria
SPECIES kharuxabi
AUTHOR(Mey, 2004)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONEctoedemia (Fomoria) kharuxabi sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYNamibia, Brandberg, Mason Shelter, 1740 m, 06.iii.2002, leg. W. Mey.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -21°7'0" Longitude: 14°34'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide W. Mey 13/03♂, NMNW, Paratype 1♂, MfN.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Fomoria by E. J. van Nieukerken et al. (2016: 138).
PUBLICATION Mey W. 2004a. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). - In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 1:27-50.
PAGINATION 32, figs 8-9; pl. 2, fig. 6

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Namibia   Mey W. 2004a. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). - In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 1:27-50. 32

Host Plants

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