Alucita meloui Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

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FAMILY Alucitidae
SUBFAMILY Alucitinae
GENUS Alucita
SPECIES meloui
AUTHORUstjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAlucita meloui Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYMadagascar, Diego Suarez [Antsiranana], 18.iv.1917, leg. G. Melou.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, type no 22752, BMNH; Paratypes 3♂, 9♀, BMNH, ZIN, coll. Ustjuzhanin.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016c. Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. - Entomological Review 96(8):1115-1118.
PAGINATION 1115-1117, figs 1-3

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Madagascar   Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016c. Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. - Entomological Review 96(8):1115-1118. 1115

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