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Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969)

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Higher taxa: Pterophoridae (family)/  Ochyroticinae (subfamily)/  Ochyrotica (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Bigot, 1969)
Citation:Steganodactyla africana nova sp.
Original genus:Steganodactyla
Publication:Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren.
Journal:Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines
Volume:79
Issue:1–2
Pagination:170–171, fig. 4
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Ochyrotica africana (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Ochyrotica by C. Gielis (1989: 69). The female was described by L. Bigot (1974b: 700) as Allotype.

Gielis C. 1989. Taxonomy of the Ochyrotica concursa group (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, RMCA. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu], Congo, Rutshuru, iii.1938, leg. J. Ghesquière.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 171
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Côte d'Ivoire Bigot L. & Boireau P. 2002. Nouvelles données sur le peuplement des lépidoptères Pterophoridae de la Côte d'Ivoire. page 33
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Gabon Bigot L. 1974b. Premières données systématiques et écologiques sur les lépidoptères Pterophoridae du Gabon. page 700
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Ghana Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2015b. On the fauna of the plume moths of Ghana (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 578
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Liberia Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Sáfián Sz. 2017. New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 194
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Malawi Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 456
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Sierra Leone Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sinyaev V. & Streltzov A. N. 2020d. Fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Sierra Leone (Western Africa). page 27
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Tanzania Gielis C. 1989. Taxonomy of the Ochyrotica concursa group (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae). page 69
Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969) Uganda Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). page 39
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination