Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913

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Permalink:	ANARNIMB
Higher taxa:	Gelechiidae (family)/  Anacampsinae (subfamily)/  Chelariini (tribe)/  Anarsia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1913
Citation:	Anarsia nimbosa, n. sp.
Original genus:	Anarsia
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	3
Issue:	4
Pagination:	300
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50477234

Anarsia nimbosa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Syntype	♀	TMSA	Syntypes 5♀, TMSA.	South Africa	South Africa, Mpumalanga, Three Sisters, Waterval Onder; [Gauteng], Pretoria, x–xi, iii, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Kenya		Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. page 120
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Namibia		Bidzilya O. V. 2007. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). page 104
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	South Africa	North-West	Krüger M. 1998c. Identification of the adults of Lepidoptera inhabiting Ravenelia macowaniana Pazschke (Uredinales) galls on Acacia karroo Hayne (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. page 60
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV page 300
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV page 300
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	South Africa	Free State	McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa. page 53
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	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. page 262
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1949a. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. page 31

Plant note:

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).

McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Acacia seyal	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. page 120
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Vachellia karroo	Fabaceae	South Africa	McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa. page 53
Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913	Vachellia xanthophloea	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. page 123

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Anarsia nimbosa (1)

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