Alucita escobari

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alucitoidea
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: Alucitoidea

Alucita escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Type locality: Cameroon, PlanteCam, 1100 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon (SW slope), N4.11750°, E9.07094°.

Holotype: MZUJ. male ♂. 11–18.XII.2014. legit V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, Š. Janeček, R. Tropek. NECJU 201804.

Ustjuzhanin, P.A., Kovtunovich, V.N., Sáfián, S., Maicher, V. & Tropek, R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many- plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). ZooKeys 777: 119–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.777.24729 full article (PDF). Reference page.