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Platyptilia aarviki
Gielis, 2008
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FAMILY
Pterophoridae
SUBFAMILY
Pterophorinae
GENUS
Platyptilia
SPECIES
aarviki
AUTHOR
Gielis, 2008
ORIGINAL COMBINATION
Platyptilia aarviki spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY
Kenya, Central Province, Mt Kenya National Park, Naro Moru route, meteorological station, 3056 m, 06-09.xi.2006, leg. L. O. Hansen & K. Sund.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
Latitude: 0°-10'12" Longitude: 37°12'48"
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TYPE SPECIMEN(S)
Holotype ♂, genitalia slide C. Gielis 7623♂, NHMO.
STATUS
Species
PUBLICATION
Gielis C. 2008f. Ten new species of Afrotropical Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera). - Zoölogische Mededelingen, Leiden 82(6):43-57.
PAGINATION
46, figs 4, 14
Species pictures
Species Distribution
COUNTRY
PROVINCE/STATE
PUBLICATION
PAGE
Ethiopia
Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). - Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonese 49:33-63.
42
Kenya
Gielis C. 2008f. Ten new species of Afrotropical Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera). - Zoölogische Mededelingen, Leiden 82(6):43-57.
46
Host Plants
Unknown
