ON THE PLUME MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, PTEROPHORIDAE) OF VIETNAM

Authors

  • P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin Siberian division of the Russian Entomological Society
  • V. N. Kovtunovich Moscow Society of Nature Explorers

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2010-2-3-245-248

Keywords:

Pterophoridae, plume moths, Vietnam, new species

Abstract

Two new species of Pterophoridae are described from Vietnam: Ochyrotica zolotuhini sp. n. and Heptaloba tanglong sp. n. Three synonyms have been established: Pterophorus chionadelpha (Meyrick, 1929) syn. n., Pterphorus attenuatus Hao, Kendrick, Li, 2008 syn. n., Pterophorus maolanensis Li, 2002 syn. n. To the fauna of Pterophoridae of Vietnam, another two (2) species, previously unknown, have been added: Platyptilia chosokeiella Strand and Pterophorus elaeopus (Meyrick).

References

Ustjuzhanin P. & Kovtunovich V., 2009. The plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Vietnam, with description of a new species of Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908 // Entomofauna, Zeitschrift für Entomologie, Supplement 16, Moths of Vietnam. pp. 3-9. Color plate p. 282.

Published

2010-09-27

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