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The new species belongs to the
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species group, designated and characterized by
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Stonis
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FE87FC91061AFCFC" box="[265,316,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">et al</emphasis>
. (2017a)
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. Externally, males of
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FD12FC910413FCFC" box="[668,821,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">S. mentholica</emphasis>
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differ from the most similar
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FB6DFC910255FCFD" box="[1251,1395,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">S. aromatica</emphasis>
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in the slender, subapical fascia of the forewing and indistinctive patch of silvery or golden shiny scales on the apex. In the male genitalia,
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differs from all other known Neotropical
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FBCDFCE9038BFC44" box="[1091,1197,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Stigmella</emphasis>
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, including other species of the
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FE99FC050681FC60" box="[279,423,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">S. singularia</emphasis>
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group, by the combination of a distinctly truncate uncus and very long caudal processes of the gnathos (
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). Only two other species,
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FD45FC21047CFC0D" box="[715,858,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">S. aromatica</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FC1AFC2104D3FC0C" box="[916,1013,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">S. odora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FC73FC210375FC0C" bold="true" box="[1021,1107,943,969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2045783FFC2FFE9FC73FC210375FC0C" box="[1021,1107,943,969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, feed on the same host plant
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FF19FC5D06A3FC28" box="[151,389,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Minthostachys mollis</emphasis>
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, but there are significant differences in the morphology of the leaf mine: in
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FB5AFC5D024AFC28" box="[1236,1388,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">S. mentholica</emphasis>
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, the leaf mine is a wide, relatively short gallery (
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), while the leaf mine of
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is a slender and long gallery, almost fully filled with frass (
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), and the leaf mine of
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is a combination of a very slender gallery and an irregular blotch (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FF49FBED0622FBB8" bold="true" box="[199,260,1123,1149]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Male</emphasis>
(
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). Forewing length 2.63.0 mm; wingspan
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(n = 3). Head: palpi cream; frontal tuft dark orange; scape golden cream; collar golden cream but at certain angle may look pale grey, metallic glossy; antenna distinctly longer than half the length of forewing; flagellum with 36 segments, dark grey to brown-grey or pale grey, with golden gloss and some purple iridescence. Thorax and tegula golden brown. Forewing pale golden brown, strongly shining, at base with intense purple iridescence; fascia subapical, slender, comprised of silvery or golden shiny scales; apex of forewing brown-purple, with indistinctive patch of silvery or golden shiny scales; fringe grey; underside of forewing black-brown, without spots or androconia, except for slender scaleless spot at base. Hindwing pale grey to dark brown depending from angle of view, without androconia; fringe grey. Legs glossy grey cream; on upper side, covered with grey to brown-black scales with purple iridescence.Abdomen blackish grey to grey-brown on upper side and underside; genital segments pale brown; anal tufts short but distinctive, dark grey to fuscous.
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FF49FA610638F9CC" bold="true" box="[199,286,1519,1545]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Female</emphasis>
. Smaller than male; forewing length
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; wingspan
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(n = 2). Palpi and scape snow white. Frontal tuft pale yellow. Fascia of forewing post median-subapical, glossy white, distinctive. Abdomen fuscous to grey-brown on upper side, ochreous grey to grey-brown on underside; genital segments cream-ochre on underside, ovipositor pointed. Otherwise as in male.
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FF49F9F10652F95D" bold="true" box="[199,372,1662,1689]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
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). Capsule longer (215220 μm) than wide (195200 μm). Vinculum with short, pointed lateral lobes. Uncus truncate caudally (
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). Gnathos with two very long, close-set caudal processes and a slender plate (
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FEF9F94906EAF924" box="[375,460,1735,1761]" captionStart="FIGURES 3240" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,192,1875]" captionTargetId="figure-19@9.[163,1425,181,1883]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3240. Male genitalia of Stigmella mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. 32, slide AD697, holotype, capsule with phallus removed; 33, same, tegumen; 34, same, uncus and gnathos; 35, slide AD1033, paratype, left sublateral process of transtilla; 36, slide AD697, holotype, right sublateral process of transtilla; 37, slide AD688, paratype, phallus; 38, slide AD697, holotype, valvae; 39, same, cornuti in torn phallus; 40, slide AD1033, paratype, phallus inside genital capsule (USNM)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529331/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
). Valva (
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) 210215 μm long, 7580 μm wide, with slender apical process; transtilla with sublateral processes (
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). Juxta membranous, indistinctive. Phallus (
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FBD7F9650227F8C0" box="[1113,1281,1771,1797]" captionStart="FIGURES 3240" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,192,1875]" captionTargetId="figure-19@9.[163,1425,181,1883]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3240. Male genitalia of Stigmella mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. 32, slide AD697, holotype, capsule with phallus removed; 33, same, tegumen; 34, same, uncus and gnathos; 35, slide AD1033, paratype, left sublateral process of transtilla; 36, slide AD697, holotype, right sublateral process of transtilla; 37, slide AD688, paratype, phallus; 38, slide AD697, holotype, valvae; 39, same, cornuti in torn phallus; 40, slide AD1033, paratype, phallus inside genital capsule (USNM)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529331/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Figs 37, 39, 40</figureCitation>
) 270335 μm long, 8590 μm wide; vesica with about 1516 large spine-like cornuti and some minuscular cornuti (
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FA85F8810279F8EC" box="[1291,1375,1807,1833]" captionStart="FIGURES 3240" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,192,1875]" captionTargetId="figure-19@9.[163,1425,181,1883]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3240. Male genitalia of Stigmella mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. 32, slide AD697, holotype, capsule with phallus removed; 33, same, tegumen; 34, same, uncus and gnathos; 35, slide AD1033, paratype, left sublateral process of transtilla; 36, slide AD697, holotype, right sublateral process of transtilla; 37, slide AD688, paratype, phallus; 38, slide AD697, holotype, valvae; 39, same, cornuti in torn phallus; 40, slide AD1033, paratype, phallus inside genital capsule (USNM)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529331/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Fig. 37</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFC36EAFFC2FFE9FF49F8BD024DF87C" blockId="2.[151,1437,618,2014]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FF49F8BD06AAF889" bold="true" box="[199,396,1842,1869]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FE15F8BD0538F88B" box="[411,542,1843,1870]" captionStart="FIGURES 6367" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1922,1946]" captionTargetBox="[164,1422,193,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-28@14.[154,1434,181,1898]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 6367. Female genitalia of Stigmella species. 63, 64, S. mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. genitalia slide no. AD1026 (USNM); 65, 66, S. aromatica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov., paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1027 (USNM); 67, S. clinopodiella Diškus &amp; Stonis, 2016, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD651, with apophyses of AD653 (ZMUC)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529343" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529343/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Figs 63, 64</figureCitation>
). Total length 10701080 μm. Anterior apophyses gradually narrowing distally; posterior apophyses very slender, longer than anterior ones, distally bent (
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FC69F8D9031AF8B7" box="[999,1084,1879,1906]" captionStart="FIGURES 6367" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1922,1946]" captionTargetBox="[164,1422,193,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-28@14.[154,1434,181,1898]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 6367. Female genitalia of Stigmella species. 63, 64, S. mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. genitalia slide no. AD1026 (USNM); 65, 66, S. aromatica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov., paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1027 (USNM); 67, S. clinopodiella Diškus &amp; Stonis, 2016, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD651, with apophyses of AD653 (ZMUC)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529343" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529343/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Fig. 63</figureCitation>
). Vestibulum without sclerites. Corpus bursae with a strongly folded distal part and oval-shaped basal part with many indistinctive pectinations. Accessory sac very small, indistinctive; ductus spermathecae without coils, but with a small, tube-like vesicle.
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<paragraph id="8BFC36EAFFC2FFE8FF49F84C0409FE87" blockId="2.[151,1437,618,2014]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,501]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="366" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FF49F84C0665F819" bold="true" box="[199,323,1986,2012]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Bionomics</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FEDDF84D069FF818" box="[339,441,1987,2013]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,190,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-28@4.[164,1423,179,1879]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 16. Bionomics of new Stigmella species feeding on Lamiaceae plants. 1, 2, Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb var. mollis, a host plant; 3, leaf mine of S. mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. on Minthostachys mollis, Ecuador, SW of Quito, Via Aloag to Sto. Domingo, ca. 3100 m; 46, leaf mines of S. odora Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. on M. mollis, Ecuador, Baños, slopes of Tungurahua, ca.1860 m" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529321" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529321/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Figs 13</figureCitation>
). Host plant is
<taxonomicName id="4C434D69FFC2FFE9FDEBF84D0330F818" authority="(Benth.) Griseb." authorityName="Griseb." baseAuthorityName="Benth." box="[613,1046,1987,2014]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Minthostachys" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="365" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mollis">
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC2FFE9FDEBF84D0472F818" box="[613,852,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Minthostachys mollis</emphasis>
(Benth.) Griseb.
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C434D69FFC2FFE9FBAFF84D03B9F818" box="[1057,1183,1987,2013]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="365" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C434D69FFC2FFE9FB24F84D023EF818" authorityName="Stonis &amp; Diškus &amp; Fernández-Alonso &amp; Remeikis &amp; Solis" authorityYear="2021" box="[1194,1304,1987,2013]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="2" pageNumber="365" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="tribe" tribe="Mentheae">Mentheae</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC2FFE9FAA6F84D02A9F818" box="[1320,1423,1987,2013]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,190,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-28@4.[164,1423,179,1879]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 16. Bionomics of new Stigmella species feeding on Lamiaceae plants. 1, 2, Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb var. mollis, a host plant; 3, leaf mine of S. mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. on Minthostachys mollis, Ecuador, SW of Quito, Via Aloag to Sto. Domingo, ca. 3100 m; 46, leaf mines of S. odora Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. on M. mollis, Ecuador, Baños, slopes of Tungurahua, ca.1860 m" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529321" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529321/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Figs 1, 2</figureCitation>
). Larva pale green with brown-green intestine and pale brown head; feeds in February and probably in late January (note that in late February some leaf mines are already vacant). Prefer open, sunny areas. Leaf mine (
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC3FFE8FA91FF350245FF10" box="[1311,1379,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,190,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-28@4.[164,1423,179,1879]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 16. Bionomics of new Stigmella species feeding on Lamiaceae plants. 1, 2, Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb var. mollis, a host plant; 3, leaf mine of S. mentholica Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. on Minthostachys mollis, Ecuador, SW of Quito, Via Aloag to Sto. Domingo, ca. 3100 m; 46, leaf mines of S. odora Diškus &amp; Stonis, sp. nov. on M. mollis, Ecuador, Baños, slopes of Tungurahua, ca.1860 m" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529321" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529321/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
) is a wide, sinuous, gradually widening gallery (easy to spot because the generally whitish appearance); at the beginning, with an interrupted line of brown-black frass, further on, with a wide margin, unfilled with the frass. Cocoon brown. Adults probably fly in March (indoors, emerged in March).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3596561FFC3FFE8FF49FEC406D1FE6B" pageId="3" pageNumber="366" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFC36EAFFC3FFE8FF49FEC406D1FE6B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC3FFE8FF49FEC4067FFEA1" bold="true" box="[199,345,330,356]" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Distribution</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13782A6FFFC3FFE8FEE4FEC506E6FEA3" box="[362,448,331,358]" captionStart="FIGURES 6870" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[167,1421,314,1438]" captionTargetId="figure-80@17.[161,1426,309,1443]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 6870. Predicted host-specific Stigmella distribution from host plant distribution. 68; approximate distribution of Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb., including var. mollis, and varieties hybrida Schmidt-Leb. in Colombia and Venezuela, and mandoniana (Briq.) Schmidt-Leb. in Perú and Bolivia, based on a review by Schmidt-Lebuhn (2008) and data from the herbarium of MA from Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela; 69, approximate distribution of Clinopodium tomentosum (Kunth) Govaerts, based on the collection by Epling &amp; Játiva (1964), Harley (1999), and data from the herbariums of MA and MO (Fernández-Alonso &amp; Morales 2013); 70, approximate distribution of Clinopodium axillare (Rusby) Harley, including subspecies C. axillare subsp. axillare and C. axillare subsp. uniflorum (Rusby ex Briq.) J.R.I. Wood, based on Epling &amp; Játiva (1964), Wood (2011), Harley et al. (2014), and data from the herbariums of MA and MO." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4529345" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4529345/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Fig. 68</figureCitation>
). This species is known from a single locality in
<collectingCountry id="F354767AFFC3FFE8FC7FFEC50376FEA0" box="[1009,1104,331,357]" name="Ecuador" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
, on the western slopes of the equatorial Andes, at elevation of ca.
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, but the host plant has a much wider distribution in the northern and central Andes (see Discussion).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3596561FFC3FFE8FF49FE39034EFE30" pageId="3" pageNumber="366" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC3FFE8FF49FE390668FE14" bold="true" box="[199,334,439,465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is derived from
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC3FFE8FD54FE390412FE14" box="[730,820,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">menthol</emphasis>
, one of the principal components of essential oil of its host plant,
<taxonomicName id="4C434D69FFC3FFE8FE9DFE550527FE30" box="[275,513,475,501]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Minthostachys" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="3" pageNumber="366" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mollis">
<emphasis id="B937EAF8FFC3FFE8FE9DFE550527FE30" box="[275,513,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Minthostachys mollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in reference to the strong mint smell of its leaf mines.
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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