Alucita malawica

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

Familia: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species: Alucita malawica

Name

Alucita malawica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Type locality: Malawi, Nkhorongo.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 06.IV.2012. legit Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. BMNH 22775.

Synonymy

• Alucita meloui Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016: 889 (synonymized by Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Prozorov, 2024: 4)
  • Type locality: Madagascar, Diego Suarez.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 18.IV.1917. legit G. Melou. no. 22752.
• Alucita priona Bippus, 2020: 73 (synonymized by Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Prozorov, 2024: 4)
  • Type locality: Réunion, La Possession, geom. coordinates 20°55'37"S/55°19'56.5"E, alt.5m.
    • Holotype: RMNH. male ♂. 19.X.2016. legit M. Bippus. genitalia preparation RE-2895d. RMNH No.1108628.

References

Primary references

• Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.5 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bippus, M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). Phelsuma 28: 60-100. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Prozorov, A.M. 2024. Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) – a new family for the fauna of Ethiopia. Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 1-4. Reference page.