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Coleophora scaleuta Meyrick 1911

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  • 2. Wermersland 22, NL- 5673 PT Nuenen, The Neatherlands

Description

Coleophora scaleuta Meyrick, 1911

Literature: Meyrick, 1911: 235 (description); Baldizzone et al., 2006 (World Catalogue); Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2011 (lectotype, imago, genitalia ♂ and ♀).

Bionomy: The early stages and the foodplant are unknown. Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Baldizzone, Giorgio & Van Der Wolf, Hugo W., 2020, On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (III). New or little known species from Central and Oriental Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), pp. 151-174 in Zootaxa 4763 (2) on page 152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3756083

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Coleophoridae
Genus
Coleophora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Species
scaleuta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coleophora scaleuta Meyrick, 1911 sec. Baldizzone & Der, 2020

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 2, 218 - 240.
  • Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf, H. (2011) On Afrotropical Coleophoridae (I) (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia, 39 (156), 351 - 377.