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Coleophora presbytica Meyrick 1921

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Description

Coleophora presbytica Meyrick, 1921

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Literature: Meyrick, 1921: 120 (description); Baldizzone et al., 2006 (World Catalogue); Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2011 (lectotype, genitalia ♂ and ♀).

Material examined: 1 ♀ (GP Wf 19347) “ Congo Dem. Rep. | Bas-Congo, 320 m | Nat. Res. Luki-Mayumbe | 05°27’S 13°05’E | 29.III.2006 | leg. J. De Prins”, coll. RMCA.

Bionomy: The early stages and the foodplant are not known.

Distribution: Previously known from South Africa and Namibia. New for the Congo and Central 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 154, 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
presbytica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coleophora presbytica Meyrick, 1921 sec. Baldizzone & Der, 2020

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1921) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 8, 49 - 148.
  • Baldizzone G. & van der Wolf, H. (2011) On Afrotropical Coleophoridae (I) (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia, 39 (156), 351 - 377.