| FAMILY |
Pterophoridae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Pterophorinae
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| GENUS |
Platyptilia |
| SPECIES |
morophaea
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| AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1920 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Platyptilia morophaea, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, British East Africa, lower Podocarpus forests, station 39, 2400 m, i.1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♀ [not ♂ as stated in the original description], designated as Holotype by C. Gibeaux (1990a: 66), MNHN; Paralectotype ♀ [not ♂ as stated in the original description], genitalia slide C. Gibeaux 2369♀, MNHN.
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| STATUS |
Species |
| COMMENT | C. Gibeaux (1990a: 66) designated the Kenyan specimen as the lectotype (as holotype), but he figured the adult and its female genitalia of the paralectotype of Tanzania (C. Gibeaux 1990a: figs 30, 68, 127). |
| PUBLICATION |
Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120.
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| PAGINATION |
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| COUNTRY |
PROVINCE/STATE |
PUBLICATION |
PAGE |
| Burundi |
|
Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 79(1-2):165-206. |
190 |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
Katanga |
Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 79(1-2):165-206. |
190 |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
Orientale |
Meyrick E. 1938a. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Pterophoridae, Tortricina and Tineina. - Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo belge 14:3-28, pls 1-3. |
4 |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
North Kivu |
Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 79(1-2):165-206. |
190 |
| Ethiopia |
|
Meyrick E. 1932b. Entomological Expedition to Abyssinia, 1926-7. Microlepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 80(1):107-120. |
108 |
| Kenya |
|
Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120. |
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| Malawi |
|
Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). - Zootaxa 3847(4):451-494. |
459 |
| Tanzania |
|
Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120. |
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