Description of Nemophora acaciae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Kenya

DAVID J. L. AGASSIZ; MIKHAIL V. KOZLOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.10

Issue: Vol. 4058 No. 2: 16 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-16

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.10

Page range: 287–292

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**Description of Nemophora acaciae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Kenya**

DAVID J. L. AGASSIZ⁺⁻
MIKHAIL V. KOZLOV⁺⁻

Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.

Section of Ecology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.

Lepidoptera Acacia lahai Acacia seyal Afrotropical region biology flowers new species

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Abstract

Nemophora acaciae sp. nov. is described from Kenya on the basis of a large series bred from flowers of Acacia seyal and A. lahai. The new species differs from all Afrotropical Nemophora species by its dark brown forewing fascia with white medial stripe near the costal margin of forewing. The key to the Afrotropical Nemophora species is provided.