Alloclita cerritella (Riedl, 1993)
| FAMILY | Cosmopterigidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Antequerinae |
| GENUS | Alloclita |
| SPECIES | cerritella |
| AUTHOR | (Riedl, 1993) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Proceleustis cerritella n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, 21.ii.1979, leg. W. Büttiker. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, genitalia slide T. Riedl 1364♀, NHMB; Paratypes 10♂, 1♀, genitalia slides T. Riedl 1368♂, 1369♂, 1370♀, 1309♂, 1365♂, NHMB. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Alloclita by S. Y. Sinev (2002: 39). |
| PUBLICATION | Riedl T. 1993a. Cosmopterigidae and Chrysopeleiidae (Lepidoptera) from Saudi Arabia, and a concise catalogue of the species of the genus Proceleustis Meyrick. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 13:144-151. |
| PAGINATION | 145-147, fig. 2a-f |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Oman | Monks J., Ross S., Geiser M., De Prins J., Sharaf M., Wyatt N., Al Rijeibi S. & Polaszek A. 2019. A preliminary survey of the insect fauna of the Hajar Mountain Range, Oman. - Journal of Natural History 53(15-16):939-963. | 946 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riedl T. 1993a. Cosmopterigidae and Chrysopeleiidae (Lepidoptera) from Saudi Arabia, and a concise catalogue of the species of the genus Proceleustis Meyrick. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 13:144-151. | 145 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Koster J. C. 2010b. Order Lepidoptera, family Cosmopterigidae. - In: A. van Harten (Ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 3:532-551. | 533 |
Host Plants
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