Fletcherella

Fletcherella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Genus: Fletcherella
Diakonoff, 1952

Fletcherella is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The Fletcherella genus belongs to the subfamily Pterophorinae and the tribe Platyptiliini. The genus was first named in New Guinea by Alexey Diakonoff in 1952,[1] though Edward Meyrick discovered Fletcherella niphadarcha in 1930.

Originally conflated with other moths in the genera Sochchora, Walsinghamiella (previously misapplied as Gilbertia[2]), and Crocydoscelus, Fletcherella were distinguished by their longer, slimmer palpi. Significant differences in the shape and neuration of hind wings further separated the previously synonymous genus.[3]

Etymology

Diakonoff dedicated this genus to Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, hence Fletcherella.[1]

Distribution

Moths in this genus have been identified in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Indonesia, and the Philippines.[4][5][6]

Species

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References

  1. ^ a b c Diakonoff, Alexey (1952). "Microlepidoptera of New Guinea. Results of the Third Archbold Expedition (American-Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938-1939). Part I". Microlepidoptera of New Guinea: Results of the Third Archbold Expedition: (American-Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938-1939). 49. North-Holland Publishing Company: 1–167.
  2. ^ Berg, Cárlos (1898). "Substitución de nombres genéricos. II". Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. 1. The Museo: 41–43.
  3. ^ Microlepidoptera of New Guinea: results of the third Archbold expedition: (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) page 12-13
  4. ^ Ustjuzhanin P, Kovtunovich VN, Delabye S, Maicher V, Sáfián S, Fokam EB, Tropek R (2025) Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 1231: 145-168. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.139530
  5. ^ a b Meyrick, Edward (1930). "Vol. III. Pt. 18". Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (18). Printed by Taylor and Francis: 545–576.
  6. ^ Diakonoff, A. (1952) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea. Results 3th Archbold Expedtion (Pterophoridae). Kon. Ned. Ak. v. Wet., Verh. Afd. Nat. (2) 44: 1-167.

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