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
1
1
70
journal article
33173
10.5281/zenodo.556874
90f99d44-c68c-4602-90f1-2802409db73d
1175-5326
556874
98E19676-EC03-4026-B4B6-39BEC10B5A05
14.
Stigmella ampla
Diškus & Stonis, 2016
Stigmella ampla
Diškus & Stonis, in
Stonis
et al
. 2016d
: 54
, 55, 57, 58, figs 152–156.
Material
examined.
1 ♂
(
holotype
),
PERU
, Dept.
Lima
,
10 km
N Oyón
,
Quabrada Quichas
,
Pueblo Quichas
,
10°34'17"S
,
76°46'03"W
,
4000 m
,
24–26.ii.1987
, leg.
O. Karsholt
, genitalia slide no. AD
645♂
(
ZMUC
)
.
Diagnosis.
The combination of large speckled forewing, apically widening valva, and spine-like cornuti gathered in four compact clusters distinguishes
S. ampla
from all other
Stigmella
species.
Male
(
Fig. 34
). Described in
Stonis
et al
. 2016d
: 54, 55, fig. 152. Forewing length about
5.1 mm
; wingspan about
10.8–10.9 mm
.
Female.
Unknown.
Male genitalia.
Illustrated in
Stonis
et al
. 2016d
: figs 153–156.
Bionomics
Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.
Distribution
(
Fig. 1
). This species occurs in the high Peruvian Andes (
Peru
:
Lima
Departamento) at altitudes
4000 m
.