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Issue: Vol. 5866 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.14
Page range: 175-182
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Redescription of Nemophora tancrei (Sauber) (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Central Asia and designation of a neotype

Department of Biology; University of Turku; Turku 20014; Finland
Lepidoptera China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan neotype synonymy

Abstract

Nemophora tancrei (Sauber, 1899), a fairy moth species closely related to the European N. associatella (Zeller, 1839), is reliably known only from a relatively small mountain area at the junction of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. To clarify its taxonomic status, a neotype of Adela tancrei is designated, and a differential diagnosis and detailed morphological description are provided, together with notes on habitat preference and distribution. Nemophora tancrei is here recognized as a senior subjective synonym of Adela korbi Caradja, 1920, syn. nov., and of A. mutabilella Küppers, 1980, syn. nov.

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How to Cite

Kozlov, M.V. (2026) Redescription of Nemophora tancrei (Sauber) (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Central Asia and designation of a neotype. Zootaxa, 5866 (1), 175–182. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.14