New species of “giant” plume moths of the genus Platyptilia (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Uganda

Abstract

Abstract. this paper describes two new species of plume moths from the group of the so-called "giant"

New data on the Pterophoridae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Uganda with description of a new species

“…All this contributes to the diversity of the organic world of wildlife. Of plume moths, the following endemic species live there: Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016a(Ustjuzhanin et al 2016a, Inferuncus interpres (Meyrick, 1922) (Meyrick 1922: 548-549), Hellinsia anikini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016b(Ustjuzhanin et al 2016b, H. nawrothi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016b(Ustjuzhanin et al 2016b, Cosmoclostis chalconota Fletcher, 1947(Fletcher 1947.…”