Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927

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Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/  Phycitinae (subfamily)/  Phycitini (tribe)/  Trachypteryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Rebel, 1927
Citation:	Trachypteryx acanthotecta n. sp.
Original genus:	Trachypteryx
Publication:	Rebel H. 1927a. Beiträge zur Lepidopterenfauna Aegyptens III (I).
Journal:	Bulletin de la Société Royale entomologique d'Egypte
Volume:	10 (1926)
Issue:
Pagination:	183–185

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927	Holotype	♂	NHMW	Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, NHMW, and 1♀ labelled as holotype in USNM (see A. Solis 2003: 62).	Egypt	Egypt, Galala, ex Acacia tortilis 02.v.1926, leg. A. Alfieri.	Roesler R.-U. 1993. Phycitinae. Quadrifina Acrobasiina. – In: Amsel, H. G., Gregor, F., Reisser, H. & Roesler, R.-U. (Eds.) Microlepidoptera Palaearctica 8. page 183–185
Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927	Lectotype	♂	NHMW	Lectotype ♂, designated by R.-U. Roesler (1993: 143), NHMW	Egypt	Egypt, Galala, ex Acacia tortilis 02.v.1926, leg. A. Alfieri.	Roesler R.-U. 1993. Phycitinae. Quadrifina Acrobasiina. – In: Amsel, H. G., Gregor, F., Reisser, H. & Roesler, R.-U. (Eds.) Microlepidoptera Palaearctica 8. page 183–185

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Egypt.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927	Chad	Tibesti	Herbulot C. & Viette P. 1952. Mission de l'Office National Antiacridien au Tibesti-Tchad (1949). Lépidoptères Hétérocères. page 80 (as tibestiensis)
Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927	Mozambique		Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page 204
Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927	Western Sahara		Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 357

Plant note:

The caterpîllar constructs a case resembling a needle of the foodplant (see Alfieri 1927: 290).

Alfieri A. 1927. Sur deux Pyralides remarquables des déserts égyptiens.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Trachypteryx acanthotecta Rebel, 1927	Vachellia tortilis	Fabaceae	Egypt	Rebel H. 1927a. Beiträge zur Lepidopterenfauna Aegyptens III (I). page 183

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Trachypteryx tibestiensis Herbulot & Viette, 1952	Herbulot & Viette, 1952	species	Synonym	Trachypteryx tibestiensis