Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

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FAMILY Pterophoridae
SUBFAMILY Pterophorinae
GENUS Platyptilia
SPECIES stanleyi
AUTHORUstjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPlatyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYUganda, Ruwenzori Range, Nyamaleja, 10,530 ft, 14-19.vii.1952, leg. D. S. Fletcher.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 21803♂, BMNH.
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 4-5, figs 5-6

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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. 5

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