Stomphastis rorkei Vári, 1961

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 : 10

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.14021803
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scientific name	Stomphastis rorkei Vári, 1961
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8. Stomphastis rorkei Vári, 1961 View in CoL

Stomphastis rorkei Vári, 1961: 81 View in CoL .

Material. 1♀, South Africa, Gauteng, Tshwane , 25°35’13.2”S, 28°25’44.4”E, 1273 m ,, mn 02/i/2018, em 05/i/2018, Croton gratissimus, A. Sharp leg. (rearing: AM143), CLV8189, slide TRB4421 ♀ GoogleMaps .

Additional material. One adult, South Africa, Limpopo, Lapalala Wilderness , 14/xi/2017, C. Lopez-Vaamonde leg. (light trap) CLV740717 ; one adult, South Africa, Limpopo, Kruger National Park, Vlakteplaas , 16/iii/2019, Tomas Ramabulana leg. (Malaise trap) BIOUG48079 View Materials -H08 .

Biology. Croton gratissimus Burch. ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo), Namibia, Zimbabwe.

DNA barcodes. Three barcodes (CLV8189, CLV740717, BIOUG48079-H08) assigned to their own unique BIN BOLD:ADZ4190 ( Table S1 View TABLE 1 ).