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Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920

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Higher taxa: Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Platyptiliini (tribe)/  Platyptilia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Meyrick, 1920
Citation:Platyptilia morophaea, n. sp.
Original genus:Platyptilia
Publication:Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera.
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Pagination:38
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56561443
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Platyptilia morophaea (1)
Taxonomic note:

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).

Gibeaux C. 1990a. Etude des Pterophoridae (16e note). Les types de Pterophoridae du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris décrite jusqu'en 1964 (Lepidoptera).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Holotype ♂ MNHN Lectotype ♀ [not ♂ as stated in the original description], designated as Holotype by C. Gibeaux (1990a: 66), MNHN Kenya Kenya, British East Africa, lower Podocarpus forests, station 39, 2400 m, i.1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel. Gibeaux C. 1990a. Etude des Pterophoridae (16e note). Les types de Pterophoridae du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris décrite jusqu'en 1964 (Lepidoptera). page 38
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Lectotype ♂ MNHN Paralectotype ♀ [not ♂ as stated in the original description], genitalia slide C. Gibeaux 2369♀, MNHN. Kenya Kenya, British East Africa, lower Podocarpus forests, station 39, 2400 m, i.1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel. Gibeaux C. 1990a. Etude des Pterophoridae (16e note). Les types de Pterophoridae du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris décrite jusqu'en 1964 (Lepidoptera). page 38
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Burundi Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 190
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Meyrick E. 1938a. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Pterophoridae, Tortricina and Tineina. page 4
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 190
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 190
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Ethiopia Meyrick E. 1932b. Entomological Expedition to Abyssinia, 1926–7. Microlepidoptera. page 108
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Kenya Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. page 38
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Malawi Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page 459
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 Tanzania Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. page 38
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination