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Issue: Vol. 3737 No. 2: 19 Nov. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.1
Page range: 101–117
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Four new leaf-mining Acalyptris species from Guatemala and Belize, with new data on bionomics of Stigmella pruinosa (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Department of Biology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentų St.39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania Institute of Public Administration, Mykolas Romeris University, Valakupių St.5, Vilnius LT-10101, Lithuania
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius LT-08412, Lithuania Institute of Public Administration, Mykolas Romeris University, Valakupių St.5, Vilnius LT-10101, Lithuania
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius LT-08412, Lithuania
Department of Biology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentų St.39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Acalyptris Belize Central America Guatemala Guazuma Lantana leaf-mines Nepticulidae new species Stigmella taxonomy

Abstract

This paper describes four new species: Acalyptris basicornis Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., A. peteni Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. caribbicus Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (host-plant: Lantana involucrata L., Verbenaceae), and A. statuarius Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. Another species, Stigmella pruinosa Puplesis & Robinson, is re-described, with new distribution records in Guatemala and with the first documentation of leaf-mines on Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. (Malvaceae). All five species are illustrated with photographs of the leaf-mines, adults, and genitalia.