New species of “giant” plume moths of the genus Platyptilia (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Uganda
- This paper describes two new species of plume moths from the group of the so-called “giant” Platyptilia Hubner, 1825: Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and P. stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. Both species were collected in the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda and Rwanda, respectively. Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. exceeds all the known African species of Pterophoridae in its wingspan of 49 mm.
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| Author: | Peter Ustjuzhanin, Vasiliy Kovtunovich, Anna Ustjuzhanina |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-459912 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.172 |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
| Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 172 |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (172) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2016 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2016 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2018/04/03 |
| Tag: | Platyptilia; Pterophoridae; Rwenzori Mountains; Uganda; new species |
| Page Number: | 6 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
