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Megalorhipida leucodactylus

Authors/Creators

  • 1. pathaniapc @ yahoo. co. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9642 - 7348
  • 2. dapurva 69 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2859 - 5010
  • 3. kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442

Description

51. Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) (Plate 3, Fig. 12)

Pterophorus leucodactylus Fabricius, 1794; Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, 3: 346.

Pterophorus defectalis Walker, 1864; List of specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 30: 943.

Pterophorus congrualis Walker, 1864; List of specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 30: 943.

Pterophorus oxydactylus Walker, 1864; List of specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 30: 944.

Aciptilia hawaiiensis Butler, 1881; Annals and Magazine of natural Hist ory, 7: 408.

Trichoptilus ochrodactylus Fish, 1881; Canadian Entomologist, 13: 142.

Trichoptilus centetes Meyrick, 1886; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: 16.

Trichoptilus compsochares Meyrick, 1886; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: 16.

Trichoptilus adelphodes Meyrick, 1887; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1887: 266.

Trichoptilus ralumensis Pagenstecher, 1900; Zoologica, 29: 239.

Trichoptilis derelictus Meyrick, 1926; Transactions of the Entomological Society London, 74: 276.

Megalorhipida palaestinensis Amsel, 1935; Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 20: 293.

TL: Virgin Islands.

Distribution: India (Bihar, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu), Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Gambia, Gilbert Islands, Guadeloupe, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rep. South Africa, Reunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Surinam, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, U.S.A., Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Yemen.

Host: Larvae feed on seeds of Boerhavia diffusa and B. repens (Nyctaginaceae). Other recorded hostplants include Acacia neovernicosa (C. vernicosa) (Fabaceae), Boerhavia coccinea, B. erecta, B. chinensis, Commicarpus tuberosus, Okenia hypogaea. (Nyctaginaceae), Amaranthus sp. (Amaranthaceae), Mimosa tenuiflora (Fabaceae), Lagenaria siceraria (Cucurbitaceae), and Scaevola frutescens (Goodeniaceae).

Illustrations: Wing venation, male and female genitalia (Gielis 1993: figs 85, 145, 208).

Notes

Published as part of Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, pp. 201-236 in Zootaxa 4915 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4454312

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/437A87FE682A8A2CFF1AFE55FBC5360D

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4454320 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.2 (DOI)
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Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BF43FF8668268A20FF8DFF8EFFBC3004 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/437A87FE682A8A2CFF1AFE55FBC5360D (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/177122777 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/8671/taxon/437A87FE682A8A2CFF1AFE55FBC5360D.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Megalorhipida
Species
leucodactylus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) sec. Pathania, Das & Chandra, 2021

References

  • Fabricius, J. C. ([1794]) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 3 Pars 1 & 2. Prost, Copenhagen, 487 pp. (1794) & 349 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1864) Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. In: List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 30. Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 834 - 1096.
  • Butler, A. G. (1881) On a collection of nocturnal lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Annals and Magazine of natural His- t ory, 7, 407 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938109459537
  • Fish, C. (1881) Pterophoridae. Canadian Entomologist, 13, 70 - 74 + 140 - 143. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 13140 - 7
  • Meyrick, E. (1886) On the classification of the Pterophoridae. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1886, 1 - 21.
  • Meyrick, E. (1887) On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1887, 185 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1887. tb 00925. x
  • Pagenstecher, A. (1900) Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. Zoologica, 29, 1 - 268.
  • Meyrick, E. (1926) Microlepidoptera from the Galapagos Islands and Rapa. Transactions of the Entomological Society London, 74, 276.
  • Amsel, H. G. (1935) Neue palastinensische Lepidopteren. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 20, 271 - 319, 10 pls.
  • Gielis, C. (1993) Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 290, 1 - 139.