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Arcoptilia rufamaculata (Gielis, 2011)

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Higher taxa: Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Exelastini (tribe)/  Arcoptilia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Arcoptilia pongola
Authorship:(Gielis, 2011)
Citation:Platyptilia rufamaculata Gielis sp. n.
Original genus:Platyptilia
Publication:Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera).
Journal:Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa
Volume:49
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Pagination:45, figs 15, 36
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Arcoptilia pongola Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010; synonymized by P. Ustjuzhanin & V. Kovtunovich (2015a: 198).

Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2015a. A new species of the genus Arcoptilia Arenberger (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Angola.
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Arcoptilia rufamaculata (Gielis, 2011) Holotype ♂ RMNH Holotype ♂, RMNH Kenya Kenya, Coast, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 90 m, 25.iii.2004, leg. C. & F. K. Gielis.
Arcoptilia rufamaculata (Gielis, 2011) Paratype ♂ RMCA Paratypes 7♂, genitalia slides C. Gielis 4970♂, 5803♂, RMCA, RMNH. Kenya Kenya, Coast, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 90 m, 25.iii.2004, leg. C. & F. K. Gielis.
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