Palpita

Palpita VITIENSIS Clayton, 2008 Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, 120 (5), 199–203 [200], pl. K: figs. 1 & 2, fig 1. Combination still valid. Holotype, male, pinned (Abdomen on slide G 224). also paratype 3, pinned (Abdomen on slide G 225). Specimen data: Holotype; “Genitalia slide”[On stage, printed]. “Holo-type”[Round, red-bordered label]. “ Palpita | vitinensis | Fiji, Viti Levu | Savura Creek | 028/ 6781 | J.Clayton | 6.iii. [19] 92 655 ”[Printed]. “J.CLAYTON | NMSZ 2009.004 ”[Printed]. Genitalia slide with same data except “ holotype | G 224 I 655.” Remarks: These specimens of P. vitiensis are undoubtedly the holotype and paratype and are illustrated in colour by Clayton (2008: Pl. K: figs. 1 & 2). A male genital valve and the aedeagus are depicted in fig. 1.Published as part of Bland, Keith P., 2010, Name-bearing Types of Lepidoptera (Insecta), excluding Rhopalocera, in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 2394 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27586