Ochyrotica africana

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: Ochyroticinae
Genus: Ochyrotica
Species: Ochyrotica africana

Name

Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969)

Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Province North Kivu, Rutshuru.

Holotype: MRAC. male ♂. III.1938. leg. J. Ghesquière,

Synonyms

• Steganodactyla africana Bigot, 1969 (original combination)
• Ochyrotica africana (Bigot, 1969): Gielis, 1989: 69

References

• Bigot, L. 1969: Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, à Tervuren. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines, 79(1-2): 165–206. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gielis, C. 1989. Taxonomy of the Ochyrotica concursa group (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae). Phegea 17(2): 67–73. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera)
• Gielis, C., 2011: Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 49: 33–63.