Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

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Permalink:	VIETVIGE
Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Platyptiliini (tribe)/  Vietteilus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Citation:	Oxyptilus vigens F. & R.
Original genus:	Oxyptilus
Publication:	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera.
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
Issue:	4
Pagination:	15; pl. 140, fig. 49
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1221057

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	New Zealand	[New Zealand], "Nova Seelandia [ex errore].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 188 (as maligna)
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Ethiopia		Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2023a. Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Ethiopia Part 3. page 33
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Kenya		Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). page 46
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Liberia		Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Sáfián Sz. 2017. New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 195
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Malawi		Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 461
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Rwanda		Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). page 46
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Réunion		Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 96
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). page 329 (as africae)
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1881. On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa. page 279 (as africae)
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Tanzania		page ZMUC

Plant note:

Caterpillar on various Rosaceae (see H. S. Staude et al. 2023: 96).

Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Cliffortia odorata	Rosaceae	South Africa	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 96
Vietteilus vigens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)	Rubus rigidus	Rosaceae	South Africa	Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). page 329 (as africae)

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Vietteilus vigens (1)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Vietteilus africae (Walsingham, 1881)	(Walsingham, 1881)	species	Synonym	Amblyptilus africae
Vietteilus maligna (Meyrick, 1913)	(Meyrick, 1913)	species	Synonym	Platyptilia maligna