Microschismus sceletias Meyrick, 1911
FAMILY | Alucitidae |
SUBFAMILY | Microschisminae |
GENUS | Microschismus |
SPECIES | sceletias |
AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1911 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Microschismus sceletias, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Limpopo], Woodbush Village, 13.xii.1909, leg. C. J. Swierstra. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -23°47'0" Longitude: 30°4'0" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, type no 2662, genitalia slide TMSA 15969♂, TMSA. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1911c. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(4):218-240. |
PAGINATION |
222
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Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Limpopo | Meyrick E. 1911c. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(4):218-240. | 222 |
South Africa | Gauteng | Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2017. Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7(4):640-643. | 642 |
Host Plants
Unknown