Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6087737 |
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Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917) |
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Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917) View in CoL
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Orneodes ectomesa Hering, 1917: 190 . (Type locality: N. Nyasa View in CoL , Tanzania).
Orneodes myriodesma Meyrick, 1929: 533 . (Type locality: Makulane, [ Mozambique]) syn. nov.
Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (CUK), 20 km N Thazima Gate, 07.i.2009; 2 ♀ (CUK), 11–12.i.2009, 2 ♀ (CUK), 28–29.xii.2010, Mugesse Forest, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P.; 1 ♀ (CUK), Uzumara, 28–31.i.2014, R. Murphy .
Distribution. Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania.
Remarks. We have carefully examined the holotype of A. ectomesa and compared it to the holotype of A. myriodesma . In the absence of any differences observed, we consider these taxa to belong to the same species. On the basis of this evidence, we synonymize A. myriodesma with A. ectomesa syn. nov.
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Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917)
Ustjuzhanin, Petr & Kovtunovich, Vasily 2016 |
Orneodes myriodesma
Meyrick 1929: 533 |
Orneodes ectomesa
Hering 1917: 190 |