Phodoryctis, Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

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 : 21

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

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14041095

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B0122E24-7177-FF98-24BE-D268FA52FD87

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scientific name

Phodoryctis
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Key to the species of Afrotropical Phodoryctis View in CoL

1. Forewings with four, more or less distinct, oblique, very fine, whitish lines, usually reaching inner margin (see pl. 17, fig. 8 in Vári 1961)............................................................................... thrypticosema View in CoL

- Forewings with 3 or 4 costal spots, never lines reaching inner margin............................................ 2

2. Apex of valva with a small incision...................................................................... 3

- Apex of valva rounded without incision................................................... tephrosiella sp. nov.

3. Saccus very short, rounded (see pl. 62, fig. 8 in Vári 1961).......................................... dolichophila View in CoL

- Saccus about 1/3 of the length of valva, blunt apically (see fig. 11 in Kumata et al. 1988b).................... caerulea View in CoL

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