The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of Caucasus, with description of three new species
Author
Sruoga, Virginijus
Author
Sinev, Sergey Yu.
Author
Rocienė, Agnė
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-25
4338
2
241
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journal article
31747
10.11646/zootaxa.4338.2.2
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1175-5326
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Elachista
sp. near
cretula
Kaila, 2011
(
FIGS 17–26
)
Material
examined.
1♂
,
KRASNODARSKII KRAI
,
ANAPA
,
OKR
.
[ESNOSTI] (ENVIRONS) SU-PSEKH, G.[
ORA
] (MOUNTAIN) LYSAYA,
03.V.1998
, V. SHCHUROV LEG. GEN.
PREP
. VS441 (ZIN).
Remarks.
THE SINGLE SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN CAUCASUS IS CLOSE TO
Elachista cretula
(fOR ILLUSTRATIONS REfER TO KAILA 2011C: fIGS 10, 19, 20), HOWEVER, THE VALVA IS SOMEWHAT BROADER, SHORTER AND BENT, AND THE SPINOSE KNOB Of GNATHOS APPEARS SHORTER AND WIDER. IT MAY REPRESENT AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES, BUT THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE IS TOO LIMITED fOR A SAfE IDENTIfICATION.