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The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH-1211, Genève 6, Switzerland
Charles Darwin Research Station, A.P. 17-01-3891, Quito, Ecuador; and Biodiversity and Ecological Processes Research Group, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF10 3TL, United Kingdom
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Acentropinae Musotiminae new species Polypodiaceae Galapagos Islands

Abstract

The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) are recorded for the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador for the first time. They are represented by one species each: Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852) and Undulambia lindbladi Landry n. sp., respectively. The latter has been reared from the fern Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum Herter (Polypodiaceae).

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