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Issue: Vol. 5004 No. 3: 21 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.4
Page range: 465-480
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New genus of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Borneo, and its four new species

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
Tawaya Dichomeridinae new genus new species Malaysia taxonomy Lepidoptera

Abstract

Tawaya gen. n. and its four new species (T. flaventia sp. n., T. rutila sp. n., T. luteola sp. n. and T. armeniaca sp. n.) are described from Borneo. A key to the described species is provided. The taxonomic position of a new genus within the subfamily Dichomeridinae (Gelechiidae) is proposed based on a combination of molecular and morphological analyses.

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