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Alucita spicifera Meyrick 1911
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Alucita spicifera (Meyrick, 1911)
Figs. 16–22
Orneodes spicifera Meyrick, 1911: 221. (Type locality: Pretoria, Republic of South Africa). Orneodes isodina Meyrick, 1920: 83. (Type locality: Kilimanjaro, [Tanzania]). syn. nov.
Material examined. 17 ex. (CUK), Juniper Forest, 28.xii.2011; 2 ♂ (CUK), Nyika N.P., 30-31.xii.2011, Kovtunovich V.
Distribution. Malawi, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania.
Remarks. We have carefully examined the holotype of A. spicifera and compared it to the holotype of A. isodina. In the absence of any differences observed, we consider these taxa belong to the same species. On the basis of this evidence, we synonymize A. isodina with A. spicifera syn. nov.
Notes
Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr & Kovtunovich, Vasily, 2016, The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species, pp. 533-547 in Zootaxa 4126 (4) on pages 538-539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/258953
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- Scientific name authorship
- Meyrick
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Alucitidae
- Genus
- Alucita
- Species
- spicifera
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- Alucita spicifera Meyrick, 1911 sec. Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016