Microschismus sterkfonteini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011

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FAMILY Alucitidae
SUBFAMILY Microschisminae
GENUS Microschismus
SPECIES sterkfonteini
AUTHORUstjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONMiscroschismus sterkfonteini sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Free State, 20 km S of Harrismith, Sterkfontein Dam, 1750 m, 11-12.i.2007, leg. V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustujuzhanin.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -28°23'0" Longitude: 29°23'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 22927♂, BMNH; Paratypes 20♂, 1♀, genitalia slide 22928♀, BMNH, TMSA, 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 568-569, figs 38-40

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COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Free State Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2011a. A revision of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). - African Invertebrates 52(2):557-570. 569
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 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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