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Type: Article
Published: 2013-10-29
Page range: 193–200
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A new parthenogenetic bagworm Reisseronia imielinella sp. nov. from Poland (Lepidoptera, Psychidae)

Department of Biology Evolution and Invertebrate Protection, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland
Diesterwegstraße 28, D-02977 Hoyerswerda, Germany.
Upper Silesian Museum (USMB) Bytom, pl. Jana III Sobieskiego 2, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
Lepidoptera Psychidae Epichnopteriginae Reisseronia imielinella parthenogenetic taxonomy new species Poland

Abstract

Reisseronia imielinella sp. nov. is described from the province of Upper Silesia (Śląskie voivodship) in southern Poland and compared with its closest parthenogenetic relative Reisseronia gertrudae Sieder, 1962. The new species is well characterized by the structures of the female antennae and legs. The breeding of an F1 generation was successful and is described, as is the species’ habitat and life history.