Afrotropical Gracillariidae

by Jurate De Prins - Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
 
Original description:
"Acrocercops conflua, n. sp." --- Meyrick, 1914. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(4): 201-202.
Type locality: [South Africa], Natal, [Durban District], Sarnia.
Type specimens:
Holotype male, Metallotype female, TMSA.
Foodplants:
Pouzolzia hypoleuca Wedd., P. mixta [Urticaceae], Ricinus communis L. [Euphorbiaceae] (Vári 1961, Triberti 1988: 299, BMNH database)
Distribution:
Palaearctic: Caucasus, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Russia, Saudi Arabia; Afrotropical: Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
 
Picture:Stomphastis conflua adult