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Issue: Vol. 3609 No. 2: 29 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.4
Page range: 182–194
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

An annotated list of the Opostegidae of the Himalaya, with a description of Pseudopostega brevicaudata sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)

Division of Biosystematics Research, Department of Biology and Science Education, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentu str. 39, Vilnius LT–08106, Lithuania
Division of Biosystematics Research, Department of Biology and Science Education, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentu str. 39, Vilnius LT–08106, Lithuania
Division of Biosystematics Research, Department of Biology and Science Education, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentu str. 39, Vilnius LT–08106, Lithuania
Lepidoptera Himalaya new species Opostegidae Pseudopostega taxonomy

Abstract

Seven species of Opostegidae are reported from the Himalaya:Opostegoides pelorrhoa (Meyrick, 1915), Pseudopostega frigida (Meyrick, 1906), P. nepalensis Puplesis & Robinson, 1999, P. zelopa (Meyrick, 1905), Pseudopostega brevicaudata Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., Opostega chalcophylla Meyrick, 1910 and one documented but left unnamed Opostegoides species. Genital structures of all species treated herein are illustrated with photographs for the first time.

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