An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-11
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Perittia secutrix
(Meyrick, 1914)
Mendesia secutrix
Meyrick, 1914b: 196
. Type locality:
South Africa
, Pretoria (
Meyrick 1914b: 196
). Three
syntypes
, in TMSA.
Perittia secutrix
:
De Prins & De Prins (2017)
.
Distribution: Afrotropical.
South Africa
.
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: No illustration available.
Remarks:
Parenti (1988)
transferred
M. secutrix
from
Elachistidae
to
Scythrididae
.
VĂ¡ri
et al.
(2002: 40)
listed
M. secutrix
in
Elachistidae
.
Sruoga & De Prins (2009: 28)
followed
Parenti (1988)
and removed the taxon from
Elachistidae
.
De Prins & De Prins (2017)
transferred it to
Perittia
.