1. Falter

2. Weitere Informationen

2.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Povolný & Bradley (1964: 557): “We named this specied after our colleague Mr. Arthur Smith, to whom we are indebted for many entomological illustrations.”

2.2. Typenmaterial

Povolný & Bradley (1964: 557): “Holotype ♂, Algeria, El Kantara, 7. v. 1903 (Walsingham). Genitalia slide 10518.

Allotype ♀, same locality as holotype, dated 5. v. 1903 (Walsingham). Genitalia slide 10549.

Paratypes: same data as holotype, 2 ♂ 2 ♀; type locality, various dates from 4–11. v. 1903, 6 ♂ 3 ♀ (Walsingham); Biskra, 25. v. 1894 (Eaton), 2 ♀.”

2.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Povolný, D. & J. D. Bradley (1964): Two new species of Scrobipalpa Janse (Lep., Gelechiidae) from Algeria. — Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 13 7: 553-557.