Afrotropical Gracillariidae

by Jurate De Prins - Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Pleiomorpha symmetra Vári, 1961
 
Original description:
"Pleiomorpha symmetra spec. nov." --- Vári, 1961. Transvaal Museum Memoir 12 (South African Lepidoptera, I. Lithocolletidae), p. 130-131, pl. 13, fig. 3; pl. 95, fig. 2.
Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Pilgrim's Rest District, Marieps Kop.
Type specimens:
Holotype female, Paratype female, TMSA.
Foodplants:
Unknown.
Distribution:
Afrotropical: South Africa.
 
Picture:Pleiomorpha symmetra adult