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Issue: Vol. 3275 No. 1: 23 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3275.1.4
Page range: 43–54
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 2

Six new species of Epicephala Meyrick, 1880 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) associated with Phyllanthaceae plants

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Breynia Glochidion hostplants leafminer moths new species taxonomy China

Abstract

Six new species of Epicephala Meyrick, 1880 are described based on the specimens collected or reared from Breynia andGlochidion plants during a biological survey: E. lanceolaria sp. nov., E. lativalvaris sp. nov., E. mirivalvata sp. nov., E.vitisidaea sp. nov., E. bipollenella sp. nov., and E. eriocarpa sp. nov. These species are obligate pollinators of Phyllanthaceae plants. Photographs of adults and illustrations of genital structures are provided.

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