New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea)
Author
Gaedike, Reinhard
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-20
4524
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journal article
27938
10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.2
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1175-5326
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Gnathifera acacivorella
(
Gaedike, 1968
)
(
Figs 10
,
26
)
Ochromolopis acacivorella
Gaedike, 1968
: 612
, figs 30a–30b
Gnathifera acacivorella
(
Gaedike, 1968
)
:
Gaedike 1978
: 208
Material studied.
New South
Wales
:
1 ♀
, Barren Grounds Fauna Res.,
29.x.1977
, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC,
1 ♂
,
CSIRO
Exp. Fm.
,
Wilton
,
20.xii.1976
, leg.
V. J. Robinson
,
ANIC
.
Distribution.
New South
Wales
(first record)
, Tasmania (
Gaedike, 1968
).
Bionomics.
Larvae in galls of
Acacia
sp
.
The description of the male genitalia is presented for the first time (
Fig. 26
):
Uncus straight, narrowing to rounded tip; gnathos nearly circularly swollen, covered with numerous minute bristles; valva short, more or less parallel, costal edge apically ending in a short digital process, at underside with a thin strongly sclerotized rod-like process, ventral edge with narrow longitudinal bristled fold, apodemes connected with vinculum, with digital process, nearly reaching apex of valva; phallus longer than valva, basal half narrower than apical half, with rounded tip.