Zovax whiteheadii ( Wollaston, 1879 )

Bassi, Graziano, 2013, Notes on some Old World Prionapterygini Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Crambinae), with descriptions of new species, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1), pp. 131-160 : 133

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6118543
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scientific name	Zovax whiteheadii ( Wollaston, 1879 )
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Zovax whiteheadii ( Wollaston, 1879) View in CoL

Prionapteryx whiteheadii Wollaston, 1879: 340-341 .

Zovax whiteheadii View in CoL . – Błeszyński, 1962: 130.

LECTOTYPE (PRESENT DESIGNATION): BMNH; 3; St. Helena; Wollaston Coll. 79-68; GS

7146 B[ritish] M[useum].

PARALECTOTYPES: BMNH; 1♀ and 1 specimen without abdomen; same data as holotype ; GS 20422 B[ritish] M[useum] .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from St. Helena Island.

REMARKS: Wollaston in the original description did not mention the exact number of syntypes, but only (1879: 341) "the very few examples which I obtained". Kevin Tuck (pers. comm.) confirms to me that only 3 specimens are in the BMNH collection .