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
15.
Stigmella altiplanica
Diškus & Stonis, 2016
(
Figs 1
,
34
,
37
)
Stigmella altiplanica
Diškus & Stonis, in
Stonis
et al
. 2016d
: 39
, figs 98–102.
Material
examined.
1 ♂
(
holotype
),
PERU
, Dept.
Ancash
,
35 km
SE Huaraz
,
Cerro Cahuish
,
9°40'50"S
,
77°13'32"W
,
4100 m
,
Quabrada Pucavado
,
15–18.ii.1987
,
O. Karsholt
, genitalia slide no. AD
647♂
(
ZMUC
)
.
Diagnosis.
The combination of set of four large cornuti with a cluster of small spine-like cornuti, squareshaped uncus, and speckled,
4.5 mm
long forewing distinguishes
S. altiplanica
from all other
Stigmella
species.
Male
(
Fig. 34
). Described in
Stonis
et al
. 2016d
: 39, figs 98, 99. Forewing length
4.5 mm
; wingspan about
9.5–9.6 mm
.
Female.
Unknown.
Male genitalia.
Illustrated in
Stonis
et al
. 2016d
: figs 100–102.
Bionomics
. Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.
Distribution
(
Fig. 1
). This species occurs high in the Peruvian Andes (
Peru
:
Ancash
Departamento) at altitudes about
4100 m
.