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)
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Ustjuzhanin, Peter
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Kovtunovich, Vasily
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Safian, Szabolcs
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Maicher, Vincent
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Tropek, Robert
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ZooKeys
2018
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119
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.777.24729
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.777.24729
1313-2970--119
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Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)
Orneodes chloracta
Meyrick, 1908: 507. Type locality: Benin. Holotype: female, BMNH, examined by the authors.
Material examined.
PlanteCam, 5 ex., (CUK, NECJU), 11-18.XII.2014; Elephant Camp, 18 ex., 19-24.XI.2014; Bamboo Camp, 7 ex., (CUK, NECJU), 17-23.IV.2015; Drinking Gari, 1 male, (CUK), 11-23.IV.2015, V. Maicher, Sz.
Safian
,
S
.
Janecek
, R. Tropek.
Diagnosis.
In the female genitalia, the shape of the bursa copulatrix and the round signum, resemble those of
A. entoprocta
(Hering, 1917), from which it differs by the wide ductus, the narrow antrum, and by the wings pattern.
Distribution.
Benin, Cameroon.