Platyptilia farfarella Zeller, 1867 Platyptilus farfarellus Zeller, 1867: 334. (Type locality: Poland). Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906: 135. (Type locality: Sri Lanka). Platypilia petila Yano, 1963: 851. (Type locality: Solomon Islands). Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910: 411 (Type locality: Cape Town, Rep. S. Africa). Syn. nov. Platyptilia claripicta Fletcher, 1910: 400. (Type locality: Seychelles). Syn. nov. Material examined: 36 ex., Rou Park, 21– 24.02.2009; 1 ♂, Nkhorongo, 7.03.2009, 1 ♂, 12.03.2009 5 ex. 20.04.–6.05.2009, 4 ex. 7– 21.05.2009, 2 ♂ 22– 31.05.2009, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ 10.06.2009, 1 ♀ 9.07.2009, 6 ex. 8– 24.07.2009, 1 ♂ 25.07.2009, 1 ♂ 21.08.– 13.09.2009, 1 ♂,1 ♀ 15– 20.09.2009, 2 ♂ 23.09– 5.10.2009, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 4 ex. 9.10.– 15.11.2009, 2 ex. 15.12.2010, 1♀ 10.04.2013; 1 ♂ Ruo Valley Forest, 26– 28.10.2010, R. Murphy, 7 ex. 12.12.2010, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P.; Nyika N.P., 1 ♂ 30– 31.12.2011, Kovtunovich V. Distribution: Europe, Asia, Rep. S. Africa, Swaziland, Madagascar, Mauritius, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, San Tome Isl., Seychelles, Nigerian, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines. Notes. During a comparison of Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910 and Platyptilia claripicta Fletcher, 1910 with P. f a r f are l l a, Zeller, 1867 which was based on external characters and genitalia structure, we concluded that Platyptilia periacta and Platyptilia claripicta are synonyms of P. farfarella. New for Malawi.

Published as part of Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Murphy, R., 2014, Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 3847 (4) on pages 458-459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/250050