<strong>New species of African Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)</strong>

P. USTJUZHANIN; V. KOVTUNOVICH; A. USTJUZHANINA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.12

Issue: Vol. 3957 No. 1: 13 May 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-05-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.12

Page range: 137–142

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New species of African Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)

P. USTJUZHANIN⁺⁻
V. KOVTUNOVICH⁺⁻
A. USTJUZHANINA⁺⁻

Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia.

Moscow Society of Nature Explorers. Home address: Malaya Filevskaya str., 24/1, app. 20, Russia, 121433.

National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenina 30, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.

Lepidoptera Pterophoridae Africa new species

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Abstract

This article describes four new Pterophoridae species from Africa (Zambia, Tanzania and the Republic of South African): Platyptilia junkeri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Pselnophorus huntii Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Pselnophorus tanzanicus Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov.