Microschismus sterkfonteini

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 : 427

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.10
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scientific name	Microschismus sterkfonteini
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Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2011

Microschismus sterkfonteini Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2011: 568 View in CoL . Type locality: 28°23´S, 29°23´E, 20 km S of Harrismith, Sterkfontein Dam GoogleMaps , South Africa.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 11 ex., 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: Free State, KwaZulu Natal [ Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich, 2017] .

Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to the colleagues-entomologists for their assistance in collecting the materials: Pavel Udovichenko, Anatoly Marusov, Anatoly Krupitsky (all Moscow, Russia). We are especially indebted to R.Yakovlev (Barnaul, Russia) for his assistance in collecting the specimens and valuable advice in writing the article. We also express our gratitude to Sergey Reshetnikov (Novosibirsk, Russia) for providing photos of the adults. The authors are grateful to Anna Ustjuzhanina (Tomsk, Russia) for language improvements.