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Issue: Vol. 1350 No. 1: 2 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1350.1.3
Page range: 33–43
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of the type specimens of the Elachista freyerella species-group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) from India and Sri Lanka

Department of Zoology, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Studentu str. 39, 08106 Vilnius, Lithuania
Department of Zoology, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Studentu str. 39, 08106 Vilnius, Lithuania
Lepidoptera Elachistidae Elachista freyerella species-group types India Sri Lanka

Abstract

Five species of the Elachista freyerella species-group from India and Sri Lanka are redescribed based on their types; their genitalia are figured for the first time.

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