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Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940

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Higher taxa: Lyonetiidae (family)/  Cemiostominae (subfamily)/  Leucoptera (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Washbourn, 1940
Citation:Leucoptera caffeina, sp. n.
Original genus:Leucoptera
Publication:Washbourn R. 1940. On the distribution of Leucoptera daricella (Meyr.), with the description of a new leaf-miner from coffee.
Journal:Bulletin of Entomological Research
Volume:30 (1939)
Issue:4
Pagination:460–461, figs 3c, 4c; pl. 14, fig. A
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Leucoptera caffeina (1)
Taxonomic note:

Specimens of this species have regularly been identified as Croblylophora daricella Meyrick, 1880 (see E. Meyrick 1918a: 41).

Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK Tanzania Tanzania, Tanganyika Territory, Moshi, Lyamungu, viii.1938, leg. Notley.
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Allotype ♀ NHMUK Allotype ♀, NHMUK Tanzania Tanzania, Tanganyika Territory, Moshi, Lyamungu, viii.1938, leg. Notley.
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Paratype ♂ NHMUK 17 Paratypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK. Tanzania Tanzania, Tanganyika Territory, Moshi, Lyamungu, viii.1938, leg. Notley.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Angola Decelle J. 1962. La chenille des feuilles du caféier Robusta Leucopter coma Ghesq. (Lepidoptera, Lyonetidae). page 179
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 80
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Ethiopia Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. page 93
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Kenya Wanjala F. M. E. & Dooso B. S. 1979. Effects of rainfall on systemic insecticides in the control of Leucoptera meyricki in Kenya. page 311
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Saudi Arabia Decelle J. 1962. La chenille des feuilles du caféier Robusta Leucopter coma Ghesq. (Lepidoptera, Lyonetidae). page 179
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 41 (as daricella)
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 South Africa Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. page 93
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 South Africa Mpumalanga Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 538
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Tanzania Washbourn R. 1940. On the distribution of Leucoptera daricella (Meyr.), with the description of a new leaf-miner from coffee. page 461
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940 Yemen Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. page 93
Plant note:

See also M. Bigger (1967: 149–150).

Bigger M. 1967. Pest profiles II – Leaf miners.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination