1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Weitere Informationen

2.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

The species is a noun in apposition. ‘Erzayi’ is a word in the Bakweri language, which is the dominant local language in the Mount Cameroon region, and it translates to “feather”. This corresponds with the appearance of many-plumed moths’ feather-like characteristic wing lobes.

3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & R. Tropek (2024): Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon. — ZooKeys 1193: 25-48. [zum Artikel auf zookeys.pensoft.net]