Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia)
Author
Stonis, Jonas R.
Author
Diškus, Arūnas
Author
Remeikis, Andrius
Author
Karsholt, Ole
Author
Torres, Nixon Cumbicus
text
Zootaxa
2017
4257
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1
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journal article
33173
10.5281/zenodo.556874
90f99d44-c68c-4602-90f1-2802409db73d
1175-5326
556874
98E19676-EC03-4026-B4B6-39BEC10B5A05
37.
Stigmella magnispinella
Remeikis & Stonis, 2016
(
Figs 2
,
9
,
12
,
34
,
37
)
Stigmella magnispinella
Remeikis & Stonis, in
Stonis
et al
. 2016f
: 571
–572, figs 4, 5, 17–20, 29–32, 38, 39.
Material
examined
.
1 ♂
(
holotype
),
PERU
, Dept.
Ayacucho
,
35 km
W Puquio
,
14°47'31"S
,
74°27'19"W
, elevation about
3370 m
,
10.iii.1987
,
O. Karsholt
, genitalia slide no. RA
544♂
(
ZMUC
)
;
2 ♀
, Dept.
Ancash
,
35 km
SE Huaraz
,
Cerro Cahuish
,
Quabrada Puvadvado
,
9°39'05"S
,
77°13'34"W
,
3870 m
,
18.ii.1987
,
O. Karsholt
, genitalia slide no. RA
548♀
(
ZMUC
)
.
Diagnosis.
Belongs to the
Stigmella magnispinella
group. The combination of very wide lobes of uncus, two large apical processes of valva, short ventral plate of vinculum, and specific set of cornuti distinguishes
S. magnispinella
from all members of the group.
Male
(
Fig. 34
). Described in
Stonis
et al
. 2016f
: 572, figs 38, 39. Forewing length
2.3 mm
; wingspan
5.1–5.2 mm
.
Female
. Similar to male.
Male genitalia.
Illustrated in
Stonis
et al
. 2016f
: figs 4, 5, 17–20.
Female genitalia.
Illustrated in
Stonis
et al
. 2016f
: figs 29–32.
Bionomics
. Adults fly in February–March. Otherwise biology unknown.
Distribution
(
Fig. 9
). Known from two localities in the Andean
Peru
(Dept.
Ayacucho
and
Ancash
) at elevations ca.
3370–3870 m
(
Fig. 12
).