Platyptilia odiosa Meyrick, 1924

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FAMILY Pterophoridae
SUBFAMILY Pterophorinae
GENUS Platyptilia
SPECIES odiosa
AUTHORMeyrick, 1924
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPlatyptilia odiosa, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Impetyeni Forest, ix.1920, leg. H. H. Swinny.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, TMSA.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1924b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(3-4):65-128.
PAGINATION 93 Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Ethiopia   Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). - Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonese 49:33-63. 45
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Meyrick E. 1924b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(3-4):65-128. 93
South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 20(2):315-332. 329

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Asteraceae Calendula sp. South Africa Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 20(2):315-332. 329

*   The larva bores in the stems (see J. S. Taylor 1957b: 329).