The American species of the genus Glaucolepis Braun, 1917 (Neotrifurcula van Nieukerken, syn. nov.) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
Author
Stonis, Jonas R.
Author
Remeikis, Andrius
Author
Diškus, Arūnas
Author
Solis, M. Alma
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-26
4338
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journal article
31729
10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.5
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1175-5326
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Glaucolepis
specimen RA346
Our recent study of the material collected in 1981 by Danish colleagues from Chile revealed one specimen (slide no. RA346, ZMUC) which externally was almost identical to
G.
flagellata
but in the male genitalia had no a large compact cluster of spines near phallotrema and, compared with
G.
flagellata
, its genitalia capsule is smaller: 300 µm long, 195 µm wide. We recognize it as a new species of
Glaucolepis
, but we left it undescribed because of the severely broken adult in a plastic tube and rather poor genitalia slide. This specimen RA346 belongs to the
G.
flagellata
group.
Material
examined.
1 ♂
,
CHILE
,
20 km
S Valdivia
,
Rincon de la Piedra
, at elevation ca.
180 m
,
15.xi.1981
,
E. S. Nielsen
&
O. Karsholt
, genitalia slide no. RA346 (
ZMUC
).