New species, new country distribution records, and a new generic combination of Afrotropical Acrocercopinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Author
Sruoga, Virginijus
0000-0002-5687-8299
Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, SaulÄ—tekio Ave. 7, LT- 10257 Vilnius, Lithuania virginijus. sruoga @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5687 - 8299
virginijus.sruoga@gmail.com
Author
Prins, Jurate De
0000-0001-7637-5755
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia jurate. deprins @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7637 - 5755
jurate.deprins@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-15
5285
1
75
115
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.3
1175-5326
7935737
4CED7C23-4177-4C97-998B-F9CFC9C8A1E9
Telamoptilia
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
Telamoptilia
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988b: 57
.
Type
species:
Acrocercops cathedraea
Meyrick, 1908
.
This is small genus of 9 species distributed in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and one species is known from
Cuba
. The following characters of adult are considered as diagnostic for the
Telamoptilia
: (1) antennal scape with minute flap of scales; (2) valva without any comb on inner surface; (3) median sclerotization of the dorsocephalic apodeme of male abdominal segment VIII extending onto tergum; (4) corpus bursae often with cruciform or navicular shaped signum.