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Two new species of the Afrotropical genus Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Ivory Coast

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Two new species of the genus Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 are described from the Ivory Coast (P. pollex sp. nov. and P. taiensis sp. nov.), serving as the first record of Ptilothyris in the country and the westernmost in the Afrotropical region. Adults and genitalia are illustrated for each new species.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.8

Author: IMOGEN R. ELLIOTT

Language: English

Topic: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4410144338

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