Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)

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Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Oidaematophorini (tribe)/  Crassuncus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1932)
Citation:	Pterophorus ecstaticus, n. sp.
Original genus:	Pterophorus
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1932a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4.
Journal:	—
Volume:	4
Issue:	7–11
Pagination:	335
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60387007

Crassuncus ecstaticus (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Crassuncus by V. Kovtunovich et al. (2014: 481 and 2022c: 13). Had been transferred to Picardia by C. Gielis (2011).

Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Syntype	♀	NHMUK	Syntypes 2♀, NHMUK.	Uganda	Uganda, Kampala, x, leg. H. Hargreaves.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Gielis C. 2009b. On a collection of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. page 246
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Ethiopia		Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Müller G. C., Prozorov A. M. & Streltzov A. N. 2022e. Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Ethiopia. Part 2. page 54
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Kenya		Gibeaux C. 1995. Un Crassuncus nouveau du Kenya (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). page 450 (as chappuisi)
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Malawi		Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 481
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Tanzania		Gielis C. 2009b. On a collection of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. page 246
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)	Uganda		Meyrick E. 1932a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. page 335

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Crassuncus ecstaticus (1)

Crassuncus ecstaticus (2)

Crassuncus chappuisi (1)

Crassuncus chappuisi (2)

Crassuncus chappuisi (3)

Crassuncus chappuisi (4)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Crassuncus chappuisi Gibeaux, 1995	Gibeaux, 1995	species	Synonym	Crassuncus chappuisi