Fomoria myrtinaecola (Scoble, 1983)

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FAMILY Nepticulidae
SUBFAMILY Nepticulinae
GENUS Fomoria
SPECIES myrtinaecola
AUTHOR(Scoble, 1983)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONEctoedemia (Fomoria) myrtinaecola spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Cape Province [Western Cape], Grootvadersbos, 20.xi.1966, leg. L. Vári.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide TMSA 10552♂, TMSA; Paratypes 6♂, 14♀, TMSA.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Fomoria by A. Diškus & R.Puplesis (2003: 390).
PUBLICATION Scoble M. J. 1983. A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa. - Transvaal Museum Monograph 2(1):1-105.
PAGINATION 34-35, figs 43, 92, 114, 132

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Western Cape Scoble M. J. 1983. A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa. - Transvaal Museum Monograph 2(1):1-105. 35

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Rhamnaceae Scutia myrtina South Africa Scoble M. J. 1983. A revised cladistic classification of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of new taxa mainly from South Africa. - Transvaal Museum Monograph 2(1):1-105. 34