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Issue: Vol. 4388 No. 1: 1 Mar. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.10
Page range: 133–136
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

Prophaecasia species in Malawi (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Olethreutini)

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro 119, Incheon 22012, South Korea.
Lepidoptera Africa Afrotropical Asia Borneo Cambodia distribution Madagascar Malawi new combination new speceis Nigeria taxonomy

Abstract

Prophaecasia malawiana, n. sp., is described from Malawi, and Anthozela usambarae Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014, from Malawi, is transferred to Prophaecasia resulting in the new combination Prophaecasia usambarae (Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014).

 

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