Atractoceros xanthoprocta (Meyrick, 1914)

Permalink

FAMILY Brachodidae
SUBFAMILY Phycodinae
GENUS Atractoceros
SPECIES xanthoprocta
AUTHOR(Meyrick, 1914)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPhycodes xanthoprocta, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Malawi S], Nyassaland, Mt Mlanje [Mulanje], 16.ii.1914, leg. S. A. Neave.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -15°57'0" Longitude: 35°37'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, BMNH (A. Kallies 2016: 16 mentions a ♀ "holotype").
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1914a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. - — 1(6-9):161-288.
PAGINATION 283 Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Malawi   Meyrick E. 1914a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. - — 1(6-9):161-288. 283
Mozambique   Meyrick E. 1936a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(20):609-642. 40
Namibia     TMSA
South Africa Gauteng Kallies A. 2016. The Brachodidae of Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea), with implications for the origin of the family. - Zootaxa 4083(1):1-39. 16
Tanzania   Kallies A. 2016. The Brachodidae of Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea), with implications for the origin of the family. - Zootaxa 4083(1):1-39. 16

Host Plants

Unknown