| FAMILY |
Pterophoridae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Pterophorinae
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| GENUS |
Megalorhipida |
| SPECIES |
defectalis
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| AUTHOR | (Walker, 1864) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Pterophorus defectalis |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Sierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | 5 Syntypes ♂, ♀, BMNH [C. Gibeaux 1994b: 90 mentions a holotype ♂ without abdomen].
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| STATUS |
Synonym of species |
| SYNONYM OF | leucodactylus |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Megalorhipida by L. Bigot (1964a: 26). |
| PUBLICATION |
Walker F. 1864b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXX.- Tineites. - — 30:i-iv, 837-1096.
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| PAGINATION |
943
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