Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)

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Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Oxyptiliini (tribe)/  Megalorhipida (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1920)
Citation:	Trichoptilus festus, n. sp.
Original genus:	Trichoptilus
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. VI.
Journal:	Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:	17
Issue:
Pagination:	273
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1520779

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)	Holotype	♂	SAMC	Holotype ♂, SAMC.	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Cape Town, i, leg. K. H. Barnard.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)	Kenya		Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). page 50
Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)	South Africa	Western Cape	Meyrick E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. VI. page 273
Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)	South Africa	Northern Cape	Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2018. Pterophoridae of the South Africa National Park Namaqua (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 624

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Megalorhipida festus (Meyrick, 1920)	Pelargonium cucullatum	Geraniaceae	South Africa	Dickson C. G. C. 1945. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (2nd series). page 152 (as animosus)

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Megalorhipida animosus (Meyrick, 1921)	(Meyrick, 1921)	species	Synonym	Trichoptilus animosus