Pterophorus africanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Pterophorinae
Tribus: Pterophorini
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: Pterophorus africanus

Name

Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010: 703

Type locality: South Africa, Free State, 20 km W of Winburg, Erfenis Dam, 28°29'S, 26°47'E.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 01.I.2008. leg. V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin.

References

• Kovtunovich, V.; Ustjuzhanin, P.; Murphy, R. 2014: Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3847(4): 451–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.4.1 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. & Kovtunovich, V.N., 2010: On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic). Euroasian Entomological Journal 9(4): 689-719. Reference page.