Perittia ptychospila ( Meyrick, 1913 )

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 149

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4921317

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scientific name

Perittia ptychospila ( Meyrick, 1913 )
status

 

Perittia ptychospila ( Meyrick, 1913) View in CoL

Symphoristis ptychospila Meyrick, 1913: 56 View in CoL . Type locality: South Africa, Pretoria ( Meyrick 1913: 56). Lectotype ♂ designated by Parenti (1988), in TMSA.

Perittia ptychospila: Kaila (1999a: 163) View in CoL , as synonym of P. nimbifera View in CoL .

Distribution: Afrotropical. South Africa.

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: No illustration available.

Remarks: Parenti (1988) considered P. ptychosphila a synonym of P. nimbifera , and Kaila (1999a) followed this. Vári et al. (2002: 40) re-instated it as a valid species. De Prins & De Prins (2017) listed P. ptycosphila again as a synonym of P. nimbifera .

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: http: // www. afromoths. net (accessed 4 December 2017)

Kaila, L. (1999 a) Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s. s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Systematic Entomology, 24, 139 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 3113.1999.00069. x

Meyrick, E. (1913) Descriptions of South-African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 3, 267 - 336.

Parenti, U. (1988) About some African and Asiatic species of the family Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) described by E. Meyrick. Stapfia, 16, 185 - 198.

Vari, L., Kroon, D. M. & Kruger, M. (2002) Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in Southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chastwood, xxi + 385 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Perittia