Abstract
The paper deals with ten species of Afrotropical Coleophoridae from South Africa and Swaziland. For one previously described species, Coleophora halmodes Meyrick, 1911 a lectotype is designated and the genitalia are illustrated for the first time. Nine new species of Coleophora Hübner, 1822 are described: C. stenoptera, sp. nov., C. swaziella, sp. nov., C. armata, sp. nov., C. suavis, sp. nov., C. venusta, sp. nov., C. hirtella, sp. nov., C. deinosella, sp. nov., C. intorta, sp. nov., C. leptella, sp. nov.
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