Additions to the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Uganda

Petr Ustjuzhanin; Vasily Kovtunovich; Vasily Anikin; Leif Aarvik

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.7

Additions to the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Uganda

Zootaxa. 2016 Jun 30;4132(3):393-402. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.7.

Authors

Petr Ustjuzhanin¹, Vasily Kovtunovich², Vasily Anikin³, Leif Aarvik⁴

Affiliations

¹ Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, Russia, 656049.; Email: petrust@mail.ru.
² Moscow Society of Nature Explorers. Home address: Malaya Filevskaya str., 24/1, app. 20, Russia, 121433.; Email: vasko-69@mail.ru.
³ Federal State-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Saratov State University Astrakhanskaya 83, Saratov, Russia, 410012.; Email: anikinvasiliiv@mail.ru.
⁴ Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway, P.O. Box 1172, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway.; Email: leif.aarvik@nhm.uio.no.

PMID: 27395680
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.7

Abstract

An overview of 20 Pterophoridae species from Uganda is given. Three of them are described as new to science: Crassuncus agassizi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov., Hellinsia anikini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. and Hellinsia nawrothi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov. Twelve species are recorded as new to the fauna of Uganda.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Ecosystem
Male
Moths / anatomy & histology
Moths / classification*
Moths / growth & development
Organ Size
Uganda