Platyptilia longalis (Walker, 1864)

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FAMILY Pterophoridae
SUBFAMILY Pterophorinae
GENUS Platyptilia
SPECIES longalis
AUTHOR(Walker, 1864)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPterophorus longalis
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape, leg. M. Dregé.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 65♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1864b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXX.- Tineites. - — 30:i-iv, 837-1096.
PAGINATION 943 Bhl

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Eswatini   Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2012. On the fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Hübner) of Swaziland. - Amurian Zoological Journal 4(2):160-163. 161
Malawi   Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). - Zootaxa 3847(4):451-494. 459
South Africa Western Cape Walker F. 1864b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXX.- Tineites. - — 30:i-iv, 837-1096. 943
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Udovichenko P., Armstrong A. & Streltzov A. N. 2020. Plume moths in the protected areas of KwaZulu Natal province, Republic of South Africa. - Ecologica Montenegrina 27:11-21. 19
South Africa Limpopo Meyrick E. 1911c. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(4):218-240. 221

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