Urodeta maculata ( Mey, 2007 )

Prins, Jurate De & Sruoga, Virginijus, 2012, A review of the taxonomic history and biodiversity of the genus Urodeta (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae), with description of new species, Zootaxa 3488, pp. 41-62 : 55

Urodeta maculata ( Mey, 2007)

“ Phthinostoma maculata , spec. nov. ”— Mey, W. 2007. Esperiana Memoir 4: 21–22, figs 30–34, pl. 1: fig. 7. Transferred to Urodeta by Kaila & Sugisima (2011: 16).

Type locality: Namibia, Waterberg National Park.

Type specimens: Holotype 3, 12–22.xi. 2000, leg. W. Mey; genitalia slide Mey 34 /07, in ZMHB; Paratypes 173, 26 Ƥ, same locality data as holotype, Bushmanland, East Caprivi, Halali, Kavango, Kunene, Nanais, near Uis, 18–23.iii. 1992, 19– 21. ii. 1992, 26. ii–03.iii. 1992, 22.xi. 1993, 16 – 17.xii. 1993, 18.xii. 1993, 26 – 27.xi. 2000, 23.iii. 2001, 02.iii. 2002; leg. W. Mey, leg. W. Mey & K. Ebert; genitalia slides Mey 26 /06, 35 /07, 26 /07, 37 /07, in ZMHB, NMNW.

Host plant (s): Unknown.

Distribution: Namibia ( Mey 2007: 21).

Note: Mey (2007: 22) thinks that U. maculata “is obviously widely distributed in the savanna Biome of Namibia and may occur also in the neighbouring countries Botswana, Zimbabwe and Angola. It often occurs together with congeneric species”. However, there are no published records yet referring to the specimens caught in these three latter countries.