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Issue: Vol. 522 No. 1: 24 May. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.522.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

New records and a new synonymy in Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Far Eastern Russia

Department of Zoology, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Studentu str. 39, 08106 Vilnius, Lithuania
Lepidoptera Elachistidae Far Eastern Russia synonymy new records

Abstract

The female of Elachista bipunctella (Sinev & Sruoga) is described and illustrated for the first time. New distributional records are given for Elachista cingillella (Herrich-Sch ffer) and E. sasae Sinev & Sruoga. Elachista planicara Kaila is considered a junior synonym of E. sasae Sinev & Sruoga, syn. n.

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