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Craniophora pontica

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia & Laboratory of Water Biodiversity and Climate Changes (EauBiodiCc), Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco & Research center of the Museum of Natural History of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
  • 2. Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Technics, Laayoune, Morocco
  • 3. Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
  • 4. Research center of the Museum of Natural History of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco & Laboratory of Water Biodiversity and Climate Changes (EauBiodiCc), Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
  • 5. Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia & Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Description

Craniophora pontica (Staudinger, 1879)

Notes

Fifteen specimens were collected from Taddart, Tamal, Ighalene and Timzilite. One female specimen is illustrated in Fig. 7 a. According to Rungs (1981) and references therein, the species was occurring close to Rabat and in the Middle Atlas, but no records were known from the High Atlas Mountains.

Notes

Published as part of Fetnassi, Nidal, Er-rguibi, Omar, Aglagane, Abdessamad, Ghamizi, Mohamed & Õunap, Erki, 2025, Updates to the checklist of nocturnal Macroheterocera (Lepidoptera) of the Central High Atlas of Morocco: One new species added for Morocco, pp. e 137839 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e137839, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e137839

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References

  • Rungs E. E. C 1981 Catalogue raisonnée des Lépidoptères du Maroc 2 Travaux de l'institut Scientifique, Série Zoologie 362