Stenodacma wahlbergi ( Zeller, 1852 )

Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa 4915 (2), pp. 201-236 : 220

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4454356

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scientific name

Stenodacma wahlbergi ( Zeller, 1852 )
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91. Stenodacma wahlbergi ( Zeller, 1852) View in CoL ( Plate 6 View PLATE 6 , Fig. 5)

Pterophorus (Oxyptilus) wahlbergi Zeller, 1852 View in CoL ; Linnaea Entomologica, 6: 346.

Pterophorus rutilalis Walker, 1864 View in CoL ; List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 30: 943.

Oxyptilus rutilans Wollaston, 1879 View in CoL ; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3: 441.

Stenodacma iranella Amsel, 1959 View in CoL ; Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 28: 30.

TL: Rep. South Africa.

Distribution: India (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand), Australia ( Fletcher 1931; Gielis 1993); Cameroun, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Kenya, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Pakistan, Reunion Island, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Helena Island, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe.

Host: Fletcher (1921) lists Oxalis sp. ( Oxalidaceae ), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) , and Vitis indica (Vitaceae) .

Illustrations: Wing venation and genitalia ( Gielis 1993: figs 129, 168).

Amsel, H. G. (1959) Microlepidoptera aus Iran. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 28, 29 - 30.

Fletcher, T. B. ([1921]) (1920) Life-Histories of Indian Insects, Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of Agriculture in India, Entomological Series, 6, 1 - 217, pls. 1 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11098

Fletcher, T. B. (1931) Catalogue of Indian insects. Part 20. Alucitidae. Government of India, Calcutta, 61 pp.

Gielis, C. (1993) Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 290, 1 - 139.

Walker, F. (1864) Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. In: List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 30. Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 834 - 1096.

Wollaston, T. V. (1879) Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 219 - 233 + 329 - 343 + 415 - 441. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937908562413

Zeller, P. C. (1852) Revision der Pterophoriden. Linnaea Entomologica, 1, 319 - 413.

Gallery Image

PLATE 6. Adult photographs of family Pterophoridae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SubOrder

Glossata

InfraOrder

Heteroneura

SuperFamily

Pterophoroidea

Family

Pterophoridae

SubFamily

Pterophorinae

Genus

Stenodacma