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Coccidiphila stegodyphobius (Walsingham, 1903)

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Higher taxa: Cosmopterigidae (family)/  Cosmopteriginae (subfamily)/  Coccidiphila (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walsingham, 1903)
Citation:Batrachedra stegodyphobius, sp. n.
Original genus:Batrachedra
Publication:Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1903a. Description of a new species of Batrachedra associated with spiders in South Africa.
Journal:Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
Volume:39
Issue:
Pagination:166–167
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9015471
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius (Walsingham, 1903) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, type no 9170, NHMUK South Africa [South Africa, Free State], Orange River Colony, Vredefort Road, larvae vii–07.viii.1902, leg. F. Barrett-Hamilton.
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius (Walsingham, 1903) Allotype ♀ NHMUK Allotype ♀, type no 9168, NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Free State], Orange River Colony, Vredefort Road, larvae vii–07.viii.1902, leg. F. Barrett-Hamilton.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius (Walsingham, 1903) South Africa Free State Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1903a. Description of a new species of Batrachedra associated with spiders in South Africa. page 167
Plant note:

In nests of the social spider Stegodyphus (see Walsingham 1903: 167, R. I. Pocock 1903: 167–170).

Pocock R. I. 1903. Notes on the commensalism substituting between a gregarious spider, Stegodyphus sp., and the moth Batrachedra stegodyphobius Wlsm.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius (Walsingham, 1903) Undefined Decaying animal matter Undefined South Africa Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1903a. Description of a new species of Batrachedra associated with spiders in South Africa. page 167
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination