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Issue: Vol. 4057 No. 1: 9 Dec. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.4
Page range: 79–90
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

The first records on the genus Acalyptris from the Caribbean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania
Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius LT-08412, Lithuania.
Lepidoptera Acalyptris Antilles Caribbean Nepticulidae new species

Abstract

In this paper we describe three new species of Acalyptris Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): Acalyptris nigrisignum Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. from the Country of Curaçao (formerly the Netherlands Antilles), A. trigonijuxtus Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. from British Virgin Islands, and A. dominicanus Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. from Dominica. A pictorial key is provided for two newly established species complexes: bicornutus and tenuijuxtus. The newly described species are illustrated with photographs of the adults and the genitalia.