Fomoria vannifera (Meyrick, 1914)
FAMILY | Nepticulidae |
SUBFAMILY | Nepticulinae |
GENUS | Fomoria |
SPECIES | vannifera |
AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1914) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Nepticula vannifera, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Pretoria, ix-x.1912, leg. A. J. T. Janse. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -25°44'44" Longitude: 28°11'18" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 1♂, BMNH; 2♀, genitalia slides 7244, 4032, TMSA. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Fomoria by A. Diškus & R.Puplesis (2003: 385). |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1914c. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. V. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(4):187-205. |
PAGINATION | 203 |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Namibia | 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. | 179 | |
South Africa | Free State | 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. | 38 |
South Africa | Gauteng | Meyrick E. 1914c. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. V. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(4):187-205. | 203 |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | 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. | 38 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Capparidaceae | Boscia oleoides | 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. | 38 |