Monday, January 6, 2020

[Entomology • 2019] Alucita udovichenkoi • A New Species of Many-plumed Moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa


Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin 

in Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin & Streltzov, 2019.

The article describes a new species of many-plumed moth, Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov., from the province Mpumalanga, the Republic of South Africa.

Figure 1. Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov. adult, male (Holotype, ZISP).

Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin sp. nov.

Etymology. The species is named after the Russian entomologist Pavel Udovichenko (Moscow), participant of numerous expeditions in South Africa.


Vasiliy Kovtunovich, Petr Ustjuzhanin and Alexander Streltzov. 2019. New Species of Many-plumed Moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina. 26; 1-3. biotaxa.org/em/article/view/58448/58753