Microschismus reginus Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011

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FAMILY Alucitidae
SUBFAMILY Microschisminae
GENUS Microschismus
SPECIES reginus
AUTHORUstjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONMiscroschismus reginus sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Limpopo, Gladde Klipklop, 01-09.iii.1954, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -24°9'0" Longitude: 29°29'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide TMSA 16032♂, TMSA; Paratypes 2♂, leg G. Bassi, coll. Ustjuzhanin.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2011a. A revision of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). - African Invertebrates 52(2):557-570.
PAGINATION 566, figs 33, 34, 34a

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COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Limpopo Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2011a. A revision of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). - African Invertebrates 52(2):557-570. 566
South Africa Gauteng Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2017. Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7(4):640-643. 642

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