Afrotropical Gracillariidae

by Jurate De Prins - Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Semnocera procellaris (Meyrick, 1914)
 
Original description:
"Acrocercops procellaris, n. sp." --- Meyrick, 1914. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(4): 201.
Type locality: [South Africa], Natal, [Durban District], Sarnia.
Type specimens:
Holotype female, Metallotype male, TMSA.
Foodplants:
Ekebergia sp. [Meliaceae] (Vári 1961: 102).
Distribution:
Afrotropical: South Africa.
 
Picture:Semnocera procellaris adult