An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-11
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Elachista antipodensis
(
Dugdale, 1971
)
Irenicodes galatheae
ssp.
antipodensis
Dugdale, 1971: 85
. Type locality:
New Zealand
, Antipod Island (
Dugdale 1971: 85
).
Holotype
♂
, in NZAC.
Elachista galatheae
ssp.
antipodensis
(
Dugdale, 1971
)
;
Dugdale (1988: 112)
.
Elachista antipodensis
(
Kaila 1999a: 166
)
.
Subgenus:
Elachista
;
bifasciella
species group.
Distribution: Australasian.
New Zealand
(Antipod Island).
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.:
Dugdale (1971)
.
Remarks:
Kaila (1999a: 166)
raised
antipodensis
to species rank in a catalogue without providing supporting characters. This decision was based on the differences in male genitalia of the allopatric
E. galatheae
and
E. antipodensis
, in line with differences among other species in the
E. bifasciella
group in general.