Nkandla

Nkandla is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. The genus was erected by Józef Razowski and John Wesley Brown in 2009.

Species

• Nkandla flavisecta (Meyrick, 1918)
• Nkandla macrostoma (Meyrick, 1920)

Etymology

The genus name refers to Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the collecting locality of some of the specimens.

See also

• List of Tortricidae genera

References

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• Razowski, J. & Brown, J. W. (2009). "Records of Tortricidae from the Afrotropical Region, with descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 37 (147): 371–384.
• Razowski, J. & Krüger, M. (2013). "An illustrated catalogue of the specimens of Tortricidae in the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 41 (162): 213–240.