Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913

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FAMILY Gelechiidae
SUBFAMILY Anacampsinae
GENUS Anarsia
SPECIES nimbosa
AUTHORMeyrick, 1913
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAnarsia nimbosa, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Mpumalanga], Three Sisters, Waterval Onder; [Gauteng], Pretoria, x-xi, iii, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -25°47'0" Longitude: 31°7'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 5♀, TMSA.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336.
PAGINATION 300

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116-145. 120
Namibia   Bidzilya O. V. 2007. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). - Esperiana Memoir 4:91-118. 104
South Africa Gauteng Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336. 300
South Africa Eastern Cape Bidzilya O. V. 2019. Gelechiidae (Gelechioidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:257-293. 262
South Africa Mpumalanga Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336. 300
South Africa Free State McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa. - African Entomology 1(1):49-56. 53
Zimbabwe   Janse A. J. T. 1949a. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. - — 5(1):1-60, pls 1-32. 31

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Acacia seyal Kenya Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116-145. 120
Fabaceae Acacia xanthophloea Kenya Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116-145. 123
Fabaceae Acacia karroo South Africa McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa. - African Entomology 1(1):49-56. 53

*   In domatia of A. seyal and on leaves of A. xanthophloea (see D. J. L. Agassiz & O. Bidzilya 2016: 123). In a gall induced by Ravenelia macowaniana (see M. A. McGeoch 1993: 53).