Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932)

Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Murphy, R., 2014, Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae), Zootaxa 3847 (4), pp. 451-494 : 469

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scientific name	Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932)
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Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932) View in CoL

Marasmarcha crudipennis Meyrick, 1932: 252 View in CoL . (Type locality: Uganda). Exelastis bergeri Bigot, 1969: 176 View in CoL . (Type locality: Zaire). Syn. nov.

Material examined: 1 ♀ Ruo River, 21.02.2009, R. Murphy , 3 ♂ 27– 29.12.2008, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P.; 1 ♂ Uzumara, 21– 22.12.2010, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P.

Distribution: Uganda, Rep. S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zaire, Cameroon, Gabon, Madagascar, Comores.

Notes. During a comparison of the types of Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932) and Exelastis bergeri Bigot, 1969 their conspecificity was found. Although C. Gielis (2011) synonymized Exelastis bergeri with Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) , this is questionable. Moreover, Exelastis tenax has already been synonymized with Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) ( Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich 2010) . New for Malawi.

References

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.

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya. & Kovtunovich, V. N. (2010) On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic). Euroasian entomological journal, 9 (4), 689 - 719, Figs. 1 - 88.