Fomoria primaria (Meyrick, 1913)

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FAMILY Nepticulidae
SUBFAMILY Nepticulinae
GENUS Fomoria
SPECIES primaria
AUTHOR(Meyrick, 1913)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONNepticula primaria, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Mpumalanga], Barberton, 20.xii.1910, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -25°47'9" Longitude: 31°22'12"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Lectotype ♀, designated by M. Scoble (1983: 39), genitalia slide TMSA 4030♂, wing slide 3925, type no. 119, TMSA; in the original description 5 syntypes ♂, ♀ were mentioned, BMNH, TMSA.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Fomoria by Diškus & Puplesis (2003: 390). The ♀ syntype no. 121, belongs to N. macrochaeta Meyrick, 1921; the other ♀ syntype no. 120, does not belong to F. primaria; the 3 other syntypes are probably located in the BMNH (Scoble 1983: 23).
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336.
PAGINATION 326-327

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Mpumalanga Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336. 327
South Africa Gauteng 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. 175

Host Plants

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