Platyptilia farfarella Zeller, 1867

Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Murphy, R., 2014, Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae), Zootaxa 3847 (4), pp. 451-494 : 458-459

Platyptilia farfarella Zeller, 1867

Platyptilus farfarellus Zeller, 1867: 334 . (Type locality: Poland).

Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906: 135 . (Type locality: Sri Lanka).

Platypilia petila Yano, 1963: 851 . (Type locality: Solomon Islands).

Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910: 411 (Type locality: Cape Town, Rep. S. Africa). Syn. nov. Platyptilia claripicta Fletcher, 1910: 400 . (Type locality: Seychelles). Syn. nov.

Material examined: 36 ex., Rou Park, 21– 24.02.2009; 1 ♂, Nkhorongo, 7.03.2009, 1 ♂, 12.03.2009 5 ex. 20.04.–6.05.2009, 4 ex. 7– 21.05.2009, 2 ♂ 22– 31.05.2009, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ 10.06.2009, 1 ♀ 9.07.2009, 6 ex. 8– 24.07.2009, 1 ♂ 25.07.2009, 1 ♂ 21.08.– 13.09.2009, 1 ♂,1 ♀ 15– 20.09.2009, 2 ♂ 23.09– 5.10.2009, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 4 ex. 9.10.– 15.11.2009, 2 ex. 15.12.2010, 1♀ 10.04.2013; 1 ♂ Ruo Valley Forest, 26– 28.10.2010, R. Murphy , 7 ex. 12.12.2010, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P.; Nyika N.P., 1 ♂ 30– 31.12.2011, Kovtunovich V.

Distribution: Europe, Asia, Rep. S. Africa, Swaziland, Madagascar, Mauritius, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, San Tome Isl., Seychelles, Nigerian, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines.

Notes. During a comparison of Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910 and Platyptilia claripicta Fletcher, 1910 with P. f a r f are l l a, Zeller, 1867 which was based on external characters and genitalia structure, we concluded that Platyptilia periacta and Platyptilia claripicta are synonyms of P. farfarella . New for Malawi.