Ethmia iphicrates Meyrick, 1922

Mey, Wolfram, 2023, New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 117-124 : 119

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6AA6AB4-305F-4BEE-8A79-E542F2636C68

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038887CC-FFBA-074D-92F9-7C7EFD66695F

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Felipe

scientific name

Ethmia iphicrates Meyrick, 1922
status

 

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Material examined ( Figs 7–9 View Figure 7 View Figure 8 View Figure 9 ): 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Ethiopia, Addis-Abeba, 27–28.viii.1981, genitalia slide Mey 01/14, leg. P. Angenstein ; 1 ♂, Ethiopia, Harena Forest , 11.x.2013, 2307 m, 6°12.983′N; 39°43.570′E, leg. D. Stadie GoogleMaps , genitalia in glycerine vial; 1 ♂ 2 ♀, same locality, leg. D. Wiersbowsky GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Ethiopia, Bale Mountain Lodge, 11–12.iv.2018, 3080m, leg. Moosburg, Beck, Dietl, Zuleger, Abdurahin, Merese , genitalia slide Mey 25/20 ; 1 ♀, Ethiopia, Oromia, 6.5 km NE Shebe , 2125 m, 07°32.02′N; 36°33.58′E, 29.x.2010 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, Chogoria Forest Station , 06.x.2001, 1650 m, leg. L. Kühne ; 5 ♂ 7 ♀, Kenya, Kakamega Forest , primary forest, 1600 m, 0°21.34′N 34°59.31′E, light trap 1, 04–27.ii.2004, leg. F. Namu GoogleMaps , (all in MfN).

Remarks: This is the first record of the species from Ethiopia (cf. Tujuba et al. 2019). The distinguishing

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Elachistidae

Genus

Ethmia

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