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Issue: Vol. 4759 No. 2: 2 Apr. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.9
Page range: 269–276
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from the Afrotropical Region, with a world check-list of the genus

Bioresource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Korea.
Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, CB, 28644 Korea.
Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae Torodorinae DR Congo taxonomy Kenya Uganda

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Protolychnis Meyrick are described: P. petiliella Park, sp. nov. from Uganda and P. bastini Park, sp. nov. from Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. Adults, male and female genitalia of both new species are illustrated. A check-list for all known species of the genus is provided.

 

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