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Issue: Vol. 3599 No. 1: 3 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.1.6
Page range: 67–77
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 5

Pacificulla gen. nov. of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) from New Guinea, with descriptions of six new species

The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Seungnam, Gyounggi, 463-808 Korea; McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611 U.S.A
School of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, U.S.A
Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae new genus new species new combinations Pacificulla

Abstract

Pacificulla Park, gen. nov. related to Crocanthes Meyrick is described from New Guinea, based on the type species P. flaviagra Park, sp. nov. Five additional species are described: P. esdiparki Park, sp. nov., P. searsi Park, sp. nov., P. callisomata Park, sp. nov., P. cervicalis Park, sp. nov., and P. kekamatana Park, sp. nov. The following six new combinations are proposed, the species of which were formerly included in Crocanthes: Pacificulla thrasydora (Meyrick, 1910), comb. nov.; P. philotima (Diakonoff, 1954), comb. nov.; P. miltina (Durrant, 1915), comb. nov.; P. ignigera (Meyrick, 1938), comb. nov.; P. zonias (Meyrick, 1904), comb. nov.; and P. geniola (Meyrick, 1931), comb. nov. C. xanthorrhoea Diakonoff is synonymized with P. philotima (Diakonoff). The upper surface of adults, labial palpi, and genitalia of all described species are illustrated, including the wing venation of two representative species.

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