Definition of the Elachista puplesisi Sruoga complex (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae), with description of a new species

LAURI KAILA; VIRGINIJUS SRUOGA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.5.6

Issue: Vol. 3821 No. 5: 25 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.5.6

Page range: 583–589

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**Definition of the Elachista puplesisi Sruoga complex (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae), with description of a new species**

LAURI KAILA⁺⁻
VIRGINIJUS SRUOGA⁺⁻

Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.

Division of Biosystematics Research, Department of Biology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Elachistinae Elachista Atachia

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Abstract

The Elachista puplesisi group is defined. Its characterization is based on two species, E. puplesisi Sruoga, 2000, known from the holotype collected in Turkmenistan and E. helia sp. nov., from Rhodos, Greece. The group is assigned to the subgenus Atachia of Elachista, but its affinities within Atachia remain unknown.