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Issue: Vol. 2230 No. 1: 14 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2230.1.2
Page range: 16–28
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Notes on the genus Perittia of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)

Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O.Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Lepidoptera Taxonomy Gelechioidea Elachistinae systematics new species faunistics

Abstract

New records for seven species of the Perittia moths from the West Palaearctic area are given. Three of them are described as new species: Perittia junnilaisella sp. n. from Turkey, P. ravida sp. n. from Turkey and Greece, as well as P. minitaurella sp. n. from Greece (Crete). The females of Perittia huemeri (Traugott-Olsen) and P. mucronata (Parenti) are described for the first time. Perittia karadaghella Sinev & Budashkin and P. huemeri are reported from Turkey for the first time, and Perittia biloba Sruoga is recorded from Uzbekistan for the first time.

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