Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909)
FAMILY | Alucitidae |
SUBFAMILY | Alucitinae |
GENUS | Alucita |
SPECIES | dohertyi |
AUTHOR | (Walsingham, 1909) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Orneodes dohertyi sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Kenya], E Africa, Ibea, Kikuyu, Escarpment, 7500-8500 ft, ix-x.1900, leg. W. Doherty. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, specimen no. 42001, coll. Walsingham, BMNH; Allotype ♀, specimen no. 42002, coll. Walsingham, BMNH; 41 Paratypes ♂, ♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1909b. A gigantic new species of Orneodina (Lep.): Orneodes dohertyi sp. n. - Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 45:174-175. |
PAGINATION |
174-175
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Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1909b. A gigantic new species of Orneodina (Lep.): Orneodes dohertyi sp. n. - Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 45:174-175. | 174 | |
Madagascar | Viette P. 1956c. Nouveaux Microlépidoptères de Madagascar. - Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 81(2-3):88-99. | 89 (as decaryella) | |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2017. Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7(4):640-643. | 641 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2017. Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7(4):640-643. | 641 |
Uganda | Gielis C. 2003. World Catalogue of Insects 4. Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. - — 4:1-198. | 110 |
Host Plants
Unknown