Afrotropical Gracillariidae

by Jurate De Prins - Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Aspilapteryx grypota (Meyrick, 1914)
 
Original description:
"Gracilaria grypota, n. sp." --- Meyrick, 1914. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(4): 202-203.
Type locality: [South Africa, Transvaal], Pretoria.
Type specimens:
Holotype male, Metallotype female, Paratypes 2 males, TMSA. (only 1 male mentioned in original description).
Foodplants:
Salix babylonica L. [Salicaceae] (Vári 1961).
Distribution:
Afrotropical: South Africa.