Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)

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Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Tetraschalini (tribe)/  Walsinghamiella (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Townsend, 1958)
Citation:	Platyptilia illustris sp. n.
Original genus:	Platyptilia
Publication:	Townsend A. L. H. 1958. Four new species of African Heterocera.
Journal:	The Entomologist
Volume:	91
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Pagination:	205–206; pl. 3, fig. 4

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)	Holotype	♂		Holotype ♂, coll. Townsend	Kenya	Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend.
Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)	Allotype	♀		Allotype ♀, coll. Townsend	Kenya	Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend.
Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 9♂, 1♀, NHMUK, Coryndon Museum, Nairobi, coll. Townsend.	Kenya	Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)	Kenya		Townsend A. L. H. 1958. Four new species of African Heterocera. page 206
Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)	Malawi		Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 458
Walsinghamiella illustris (Townsend, 1958)	South Africa		Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2010. On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic). page 691

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