Taxonomic Swap 13823 (Committed on 2016-02-03)

P. attenuatus was synonymised with P. chosokeialis by Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010 . . ."Notes. When comparing the holotype of Alucita chosokeialis Strand with Alucita chionadelpha Meyrick and Pterphorus attenuatus Hao, Kendrick, Li, it has been found out, that the latter are junior synonyms."
No actual statement or descriptive reasoning comparing morphology or molecular evidence was given with the synonymisations, nor was P. chosokeialis illustrated, so it's difficult to refute or verify the synonymisations from this paper without access to specimens.

Plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophorid... (Citation)
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Added by hkmoths on February 4, 2016 03:01 AM | Committed by hkmoths on February 3, 2016
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