Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)

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Permalink:	MARABONA
Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Exelastini (tribe)/  Marasmarcha (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walsingham, 1881)
Citation:	Lioptilus bonaespei, n. s.
Original genus:	Lioptilus
Publication:	Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1881. On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1881
Issue:	2
Pagination:	281–282, pl. 13, fig. 46
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14698268

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Marasmarcha by E. Meyrick (1908a: 492).

Meyrick E. 1908a. Notes and descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	Holotype	unknown	NHMUK	Holotype, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa], leg. W. D. Gooch.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	Eswatini		Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2012. On the fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Hübner) of Swaziland. page 162
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	Namibia		Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2012. On the fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Hübner) of Swaziland. page 162
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	Rwanda		Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 174 (as pavidus)
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	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. page 20
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	South Africa	Limpopo	Meyrick E. 1889b. On some Lepidoptera from New Guinea. page 493 (as pavidus)
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	South Africa		Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1881. On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa. page 282
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	Uganda		Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). page 48 (as pavidus)
Marasmarcha bonaespei (Walsingham, 1881)	Zimbabwe		Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2013. On the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe. page 157

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Marasmarcha pavidus (Meyrick, 1908)	(Meyrick, 1908)	species	Synonym	Pterophorus pavidus