Kenyatta, Agassiz, 2011

Agassiz, David J. L., 2011, The Lepidoptera of Acacia domatia in Kenya, with description of two new genera and six new species, Journal of Natural History 45 (29 - 30), pp. 1867-1893 : 1889-1891

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2011.565155
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10536961
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A200454F-FFA9-8C3E-FA54-F644A06FFEB8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Kenyatta
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Kenyatta View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species: Kenyatta iodes Agassiz.

A monobasic genus belonging to the Grapholitini .

Distinguished from other genera by the structures of the male genitalia, and the 8th tergite of the male ( Figure 16).

Derivation

Named in honour of the first president of Kenya, a colourful character with a broad base of support across the country.

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Tortricidae

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