Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)

Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Murphy, R., 2014, Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae), Zootaxa 3847 (4), pp. 451-494 : 482

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.4.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144577

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)
status

 

Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911) View in CoL

Marasmarcha pacifica Meyrick, 1911: 220 View in CoL . (Type locality: Moorddrift, Limpopo, Rep. S. Africa). Pterophorus ambitiosus Meyrick, 1911: 220 View in CoL . (Type locality: Pretoria, Rep. S. Africa).

Pterophorus purus Meyrick, 1913: 268 View in CoL . (Type locality: Barberton, Mpumalanga, Rep. South Africa). Syn. nov.

Material examined: 1 ♂ Juniper Rd, 22.12.2012; 1 ♀ Kaseramba Forest, 25. 12.2012, R. Murphy . Distribution: Rep. S. Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Malawi.

Notes. Comparison of the type material of Marasmarcha pacifica BMNH (London) with Pterophorus purus DNMNH (former TM, Pretoria) confirmed that Pterophorus purus Meyrick, 1913 is the junior synonym of Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911) . New for Malawi.

DNMNH

Ditsong National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pterophoridae

Genus

Crassuncus

Loc

Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)

Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Murphy, R. 2014
2014
Loc

Pterophorus purus

Meyrick 1913: 268
1913
Loc

Marasmarcha pacifica

Meyrick 1911: 220
1911
Loc

Pterophorus ambitiosus

Meyrick 1911: 220
1911
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