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26 November 2020 A New Species of Scrobipalpomima Povolný (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Reared from Stem Galls of Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae) in the Andes of Northern Chile
Héctor A. Vargas
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Abstract

The micromoth genus ScrobipalpomimaPovolný, 1985, mainly distributed in southern South America, is one of the more diverse Neotropical genera of Gonorimoschemini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gelechiinae). The adult stage of Scrobipalpomima agustini sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Andes of northern Chile. Larval feeding and pupation of S. agustini occur inside fusiform stem galls on the native spiny shrub Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae). The larva and pupa of S. agustini are illustrated and briefly described. This discovery expands the northern limit of Scrobipalpomima and represents the first record of immature stages and host plant for this genus of micromoths

Héctor A. Vargas "A New Species of Scrobipalpomima Povolný (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Reared from Stem Galls of Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae) in the Andes of Northern Chile," Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146(3), 521-533, (26 November 2020). https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0305
Published: 26 November 2020
KEYWORDS
1989
2019
Cecidogenous
endophytic larva
Gnorimoschemini
Scrobipalpomima improbabilis Povolný
Scrobipalpomima manuscriptus Cepeda
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