Descriptions of Four New Species of Struthoscelis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: Oecophorinae), One from Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Northwestern Costa Rica, Providing the First Known Biology for the Genus, and Discovery of a Novel Wing Morphology in Males

Mark A. Metz; Daniel H. Janzen; Winnie Hallwachs

doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.442

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30 August 2017 Descriptions of Four New Species of Struthoscelis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: Oecophorinae), One from Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Northwestern Costa Rica, Providing the First Known Biology for the Genus, and Discovery of a Novel Wing Morphology in Males

Mark A. Metz, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs

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Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119(3):442-458 (2017). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.442

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We describe and illustrate four new species of Struthoscelis: S. christianafigueresae new species, from Costa Rica; S. davisorum new species, from Costa Rica; S. konia new species, from Peru; and S. solamarita new species, from Venezuela. We report the first known biology for a species of Struthoscelis and revisit the generic diagnosis based on newly discovered morphology including a novel structure in the male forewing. We provide comparative illustrations of all new species and of the male genitalia of S. semiotarsa Meyrick, 1916.

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Mark A. Metz, Daniel H. Janzen, and Winnie Hallwachs "Descriptions of Four New Species of Struthoscelis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: Oecophorinae), One from Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Northwestern Costa Rica, Providing the First Known Biology for the Genus, and Discovery of a Novel Wing Morphology in Males," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(3), 442-458, (30 August 2017). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.442

Published: 30 August 2017

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