Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

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FAMILY Pterophoridae
SUBFAMILY Pterophorinae
GENUS Platyptilia
SPECIES fletcheri
AUTHORUstjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPlatyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYUganda, Ruwenzori Range, Nyamaleju, 10,530 ft, 14-19.vii.1952, leg. D. S. Fletcher.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 21796♂, BMNH; Paratypes 5♂, 5♀, genitalia slides 21800♂, 21797♂, 21802♀, 21801, 21799, 22764♀, 21798♂, BMNH, coll. Ustjuzhanin.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2016. New species of "giant" plume moths of the genus Platyptilia (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Uganda. - European Journal of Taxonomy 172:1-6.
PAGINATION 2-4, figs 1-4

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COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Rwanda   Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2016. New species of "giant" plume moths of the genus Platyptilia (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Uganda. - European Journal of Taxonomy 172:1-6. 3
Uganda   Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2016. New species of "giant" plume moths of the genus Platyptilia (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Uganda. - European Journal of Taxonomy 172:1-6. 3

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