Alucita malawica
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Alucitoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species: Alucita malawica
Name
Alucita malawica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
Type locality: Malawi, Nkhorongo.
Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 06.IV.2012. legit Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. BMNH 22775.
Synonymy
- Alucita meloui Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016: 889 (synonymized by Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Prozorov, 2024: 4)
- Type locality: Madagascar, Diego Suarez.
- Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 18.IV.1917. legit G. Melou. no. 22752.
- Type locality: Madagascar, Diego Suarez.
- Alucita priona Bippus, 2020: 73 (synonymized by Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Prozorov, 2024: 4)
- Type locality: Réunion, La Possession, geom. coordinates 20°55'37"S/55°19'56.5"E, alt.5m.
- Holotype: RMNH. male ♂. 19.X.2016. legit M. Bippus. genitalia preparation RE-2895d. RMNH No.1108628.
- Type locality: Réunion, La Possession, geom. coordinates 20°55'37"S/55°19'56.5"E, alt.5m.
References
Primary references
- Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.5 Reference page.
Additional references
- Bippus, M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). Phelsuma 28: 60-100. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Prozorov, A.M. 2024. Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) – a new family for the fauna of Ethiopia. Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 1-4. Reference page.