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Issue: Vol. 1637 No. 1: 14 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1637.1.3
Page range: 37–46
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic notes on the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Tineidae) with description of a new species

Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai 599-8531, Osaka, Japan
Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai 599-8531, Osaka, Japan
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
Lepidoptera Tineidae Tineovertex new species Taxonomy South China

Abstract

The genus Tineovertex Moriuti, 1982 is recorded for the first time from South China on the basis of two species: T. antidroma (Meyrick, 1931) and T. gladiata Huang, Hirowatari & Wang, sp. nov. The male and female genitalia of T. gladiata and the male genitalia of T. antidroma are illustrated for the first time. A key to Tineovertex species is provided along with distributional map of all nominal species.

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