ON THE FAUNA OF PLUME MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, PTEROPHORIDAE) OF ZIMBABWE

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2013-5-2-153-160

Keywords:

Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Zimbabwe, new species, new synonyms, new combinations, new records

Abstract

The list of Zimbabwean Pterophoridae includes 56 species, with 48 species first recorded from Zimbabwe. The descriptions of 2 new species are given: Walsinghamiella selinda Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and Platyptilia swynnertoni Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. New synonyms are established for 4 species: Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910, syn. nov., junior synonym to Platyptila farfarella Zeller, 1867; Platyptilia claripicta Fletcher, 1910, syn. nov., junior synonym to Platyptila farfarella Zeller, 1867; Marasmarcha pavidus (Meyrick, 1908), syn. nov., junior synonym to Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881); Hellinsia purus (Meyrick, 1913), syn. nov., junior synonym to Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911). New combinations are given for 3 species: Procapperia insomnis (Townsend, 1956) comb. nov.; Marasmarcha locharcha (Meyrick, 1924) comb. nov.; Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911) comb. nov.

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Ustjuzhanin P.Ya., Kovtunovich V.K., 2010. On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic) // Euroasian entomological journal, 9(4). P. 689-719, Figs. 1-88.

Обложка издания "Амурский зоологический журнал" (т. V, № 2)

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2013-06-27

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013)

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