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Crassuncus timidus Meyrick 1908

Description

Crassuncus timidus (Meyrick, 1908)

Pterophorus timidus Meyrick, 1908: 494. (Type locality: Northdene, Natal, Republic of South Africa). Hellinsia timidus (Meyrick, 1908), (Gielis, 2003, 2011).

Crassuncus timidus (Meyrick, 1908), (Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich, 2010).

Material examined. 1 Ƌ, Western Region, Kibale Distr., Kibale Biol. Field. Station of Maker SU N 0033', W 03021', 1511 m, 19–24.x.2014, V. Anikin.

Distribution. Republic of South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe (De Prins & De Prins 2015).

Notes. New to Uganda.

Notes

Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasily, Anikin, Vasily & Aarvik, Leif, 2016, Additions to the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Uganda, pp. 393-402 in Zootaxa 4132 (3) on page 396, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/265451

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References

  • Gielis, C. (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects, 4, 1 - 198. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 20030500211
  • Gielis, C. (2011) Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S. E. A.), 49, 33 - 63, figs. 1 - 68.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2015) Afromoths. An online database of Afrotropical moths species (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. afromoths. net (accessed 11 March 2016)