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Issue: Vol. 5715 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.28
Page range: 300-307
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New genus and two new species of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Malaysia and Indonesia

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 690022; Russia
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 690022; Russia
Lepidoptera micromoths new taxa Southeast Asia

Abstract

A new genus Mercedula gen. nov. and two new species (M. fuscomarginata sp. nov., type species, and M. storozhenkoi sp. nov.) are described and illustrated from Sabah, East Malaysia, and North Sumatra, Indonesia. The taxonomic position of the new genus within the family Gelechiidae is discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Ponomarenko, M.G. & Omelko М.M. (2025) New genus and two new species of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Malaysia and Indonesia. Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 300–307. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.28