Microschismus antennatus Fletcher, 1909

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N. & Streltzov, A. N., 2020, Two new species and new records of many-plumed moths of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa with corld catalogue of the genus, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 423-427 : 425

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.10
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13166067
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scientific name	Microschismus antennatus Fletcher, 1909
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Microschismus antennatus Fletcher, 1909 View in CoL

Microschismus antennatus Fletcher 1909: 253–254 View in CoL . Type locality: Bothaville [Free State, South Africa]. Type material (holotype) in OUMNH, examined.

Microschismus ctenias Meyrick, 1911: 222 View in CoL . Type locality: ‘ Nggeleni’ [Ngqeleni, Eastern Cape, South Africa]. Type material (holotype) in TMSA, examined.

Microschismus columella Meyrick, 1927: 373 View in CoL . Type locality: Haenertsburg [Limpopo, South Africa]. Type material (holotype) in TMSA, examined.

Microschismus cato Meyrick, 1927: 374 View in CoL . Type locality: Mahuba´s Kloof [Limpopo, South Africa]. Type material (holotype) in TMSA, examined.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♂, SOUTH AFRICA: Free State, Golden Gate Highlands Nat. Park , 28°30´S, 28°34´E, h 1870 m, 26. ii.–04.iii.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal, Vernon Crookes Nat. Park , 30°16´S, 30°36´E, h 410 m, 11–14.iii.2018, Kovtunovich V., Udovichenko P., Yakovlev R. leg. GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. Rep. S. Africa: Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal.

REMARKS. The adult and the female genitalia of this species are illustrated as M. premnias in our previously published article [Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich, 2011].