THE FIRST REPORT OF PRICHOTILUS ROSE ET POONI, 2005 (LEPIDOPTERA, PTEROPHORIDAE) FROM AFRICA WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2011-3-4-358-359

Keywords:

new records, new species, Africa, Malawi, Pterophoridae, Prichotilus

Abstract

The genus Prichotilus Rose et Pooni, 2005 is first recorded from Africa. Two new species are described: Prichotilus yakovlevi sp.n. and Prichotilus tara sp.n. Both species are found in Malawi.

References

Gielis C., 2003. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 4: Pterophoroidea, Alucitoidea. 198 pp.

Rose H.S. and H.S. Pooni, 2005. Taxonomic studies on the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera) from Northwestern India // Zoos'Print Journal, 20(3). P. 1787-1803.

Обложка издания "Амурский зоологический журнал" (т. III, № 4)

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2011-12-21

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2011)

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