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Issue: Vol. 4691 No. 2: 30 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.8
Page range: 181–187
Abstract views: 54
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A new Neotropical emerald moth genus based on some unusual “artefacts” (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5D, EE–51006 Tartu, Estonia.
Estonian Museum of Natural History, Lai St 29A, EE–00001 Tallinn, Estonia.
Lepidoptera Morphology Nemoriini new genus new species Ecuador eastern foothills of Andes

Abstract

We describe a nemoriine emerald moth genus, Vallichlora gen. nov., with modified male genitalia, including two new species: Vallichlora rara sp. n.—the type species—and Vallichlora selva, sp. n. The genus is characterised by the presence of two long, thumb-shaped processes of the tegumen.

 

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