Sphenarches anisodactylus

Distribution: Rep. S. Africa, Cameroon, Seychelles, Reunion Isl., Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, The Gambia, Guenea, Nigeria, Tchad, Malawi, Swaziland, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Panama, Virgin Isl., Bahamas, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, Peru, Paraguay, Fiji Isl., New Gebrids, Tonga Isl., New Caledonia, Palau, Bonin Isl., Guam, Nepal, Japan, China, Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Isl., New Guinea, Bismarck Isl., Australia (Gielis 2003). Notes. During an examination of the type specimen of Platyptilia pygmaeana Strand, 1913 it was found that the latter belongs to Sphenarches anisodactylus. This synonymy was first mentioned by Chr. Gibeaux on the identification label of the type specimen but we didn’t find any mentions of this fact in literature.

Sumber: Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Distribution. China (Hong Kong, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Taiwan), cosmopolitan.

Sumber: Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Pterophoridae, with description of one new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera)

Distribution. Pantropical. In The Bahamas, known from New Providence Island and previously reported from North Andros (Matthews et al. 2012).

Sumber: Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species