Microschismus fortis (Walsingham, 1881)

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 : 426-427

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8C961967-EA43-4A05-965C-67CF2C3A7933
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scientific name	Microschismus fortis (Walsingham, 1881)
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Microschismus fortis (Walsingham, 1881) View in CoL

Alucita fortis Walsingham, 1881: 284 View in CoL . Type locality:? Zululand , South Africa. Type material (holotype) in NHMUK, examined.

Microschismus serricornis Meyrick, 1914: 187 . Type locality: Pretoria , South Africa. Type material (syntypes) 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, Kovtunovich V., Udovichenko P., Yakovlev R. leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu Natal, Ukahlamba Drakensberg Park, Giant´s Castle , 29°16´S, 29°31´E, h 1770 m, 19– 22.ii.2019, Kovtunovich V. & Udovichenko P. leg. GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. Rep.S. Africa:KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng, Northern Cape [ Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich, 2017], Free State .

REMARKS. Recorded for Free State for the first time.