Platyptilia sciophaea Meyrick, 1920

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FAMILY Pterophoridae
SUBFAMILY Pterophorinae
GENUS Platyptilia
SPECIES sciophaea
AUTHORMeyrick, 1920
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPlatyptilia sciophaea, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITYKenya, British East Africa, 4000-4100 m, ii.1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Lectotype ♂, designated by C. Gibeaux (1990a: 66), genitalia slide C. Gibeaux 2380♂, MNHN; Paralectotypes 2♂, MNHN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120.
PAGINATION 40

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120. 40
Uganda     NHMO

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