Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2025

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Permalink:	TITABIGO
Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Tetraschalini (tribe)/  Titanoptilus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2025
Citation:	Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Titanoptilus
Publication:	Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Delabye S., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Fokam E. B. & Tropek R. 2025b. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species.
Journal:	ZooKeys
Volume:	1231
Issue:
Pagination:	148–149, figs 1, 2
URL:	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.139530

Titanoptilus bigoti (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2025	Holotype	♂	ZMJU	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 241015♂, ZMJU.	Cameroon	Cameroon, Mt Cameroon, Bamboo Camp, 4.0879°N 9.0505°E, 350 m, 14–23.ii.2016, leg. Sz. Sáfián, R. Tropek & V. Maicher.

Distribution note:

The specimens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur) were identified by L. Bigot as Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905 (see P. Ustjuzhanin et al 2025b: 149).

Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Delabye S., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Fokam E. B. & Tropek R. 2025b. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2025	Cameroon		Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Delabye S., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Fokam E. B. & Tropek R. 2025b. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species. page 148
Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2025	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Delabye S., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Fokam E. B. & Tropek R. 2025b. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species. page 149

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Titanoptilus bigoti (1)

Titanoptilus bigoti (2)

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