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

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.

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Zootaxa
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2025-05-08
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.8
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Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
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Two new species of the Afrotropical genus Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Ivory Coast

IMOGEN R. ELLIOTT
Zootaxa
Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
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Two new species of the Afrotropical genus Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Ivory Coast

IMOGEN R. ELLIOTT
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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.

ZootaxaVol. 5632(3)
Courtauld Institute of Art (GB)
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Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
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Two new species of the Afrotropical genus Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Ivory Coast — IMOGEN R. ELLIOTT · Zootaxa (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS