On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (VI). New species of the genus Coleophora Hbner, 1822 from South Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)

Giorgio Baldizzone

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.1

On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (VI). New species of the genus Coleophora Hbner, 1822 from South Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)

Zootaxa. 2021 Nov 23;5071(2):167-205. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.1.

Author

Giorgio Baldizzone¹

Affiliation

¹ Via Manzoni, 24, I-14100 Asti, Italy. . baldizzonegiorgio@gmail.com.

PMID: 34810673
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.1

Abstract

This work presents the description of 16 new species of the genus Coleophora Hbner from the Republic of South Africa: Coleophora animula sp. nov., C. parvula sp. nov., C. coniella sp. nov., C. afrobrunnea sp. nov., C. rocherpanensis sp. nov., C. comparata sp. nov., C. richtersveldi sp. nov., C. incomparabilis sp. nov., C. dixella sp. nov., C. cederbergensis sp. nov., C. curviphallica sp. nov., C. notabilis sp. nov., C. quaggaefontis sp. nov., C. tabulensis sp. nov., C. intricata sp. nov., C. transvaalensis sp. nov. A checklist of the 71 species currently known for South Africa is provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Lepidoptera*
Moths*
South Africa