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Issue: Vol. 5632 No. 3: 8 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.8
Page range: 557-564
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new species of the Afrotropical genus Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Ivory Coast

African Natural History Research Trust; Street Court; Kingsland; Leominster; HR6 9QA; United Kingdom.
Lepidoptera Afrotropics new distribution record new species taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 are described from the Ivory Coast (P. pollex sp. nov. and P. taiensis sp. nov.), serving as the first record of Ptilothyris in the country and the westernmost in the Afrotropical region. Adults and genitalia are illustrated for each new species.

 

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How to Cite

Elliott, I.R. (2025) Two new species of the Afrotropical genus Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Ivory Coast. Zootaxa, 5632 (3), 557–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.8