Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2024, Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 1-51 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0613682E-532B-482F-A498-6714A01F5DE5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14041037

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B0122E24-7164-FF8B-24BE-D2B1FD55FCE2

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Plazi

scientific name

Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002
status

 

6. Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002 View in CoL

( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1−6 , 63 View FIGURES 61−66 )

Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002 View in CoL : xi

Material. 1 ♀, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, Magalieskop mn 22/xi/2014, em 08/xii/2014, Syzygium cordatum , A. & I. Sharp leg. (rearing M493a) CLV7575, slide TRB4450 ♀ .

Biology. This species, whose biology was unknown to date, was bred on Syzygium cordatum ( Myrtaceae ) ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 61−66 ).

Distribution. South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal. New record for Limpopo.

DNA barcodes. DNA amplification of the specimen failed (SOURE 019-19).

Remarks. The other South African species, M. flora , has a lighter crimson coloration and a distinct pattern of yellow notches (see pl. 1, fig. 1 in Vári 1961).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gracillariidae

Genus

Macarostola

Loc

Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos 2024
2024
Loc

Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002

Vari 2002
2002
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