Stonis et al . 2016d : 69
Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia)
Stonis, Jonas R.
Diškus, Arūnas
Remeikis, Andrius
Karsholt, Ole
Torres, Nixon Cumbicus
Zootaxa
2017
4257
1
1
70
Stonis et al . 2016d : 69
Remeikis & Stonis, 2016
Remeikis & Stonis
2016
[195,700,975,1002]
Insecta
Nepticulidae
Stigmella
Animalia
Lepidoptera
29
30
Arthropoda
species
lobata
( Figs 1, 3, 32, 37)
Stigmella lobataRemeikis & Stonis, in Stonis et al. 2016d: 69, 73–75, figs 204–212.
Materialexamined. 1 ♂( holotype), PERU, Dept. Puno, 10 kmN Lampa, Quabrada Metara, 15°17'44"S, 70°12'21"W, elevation about 3900 m, 31.iii–3.iv.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. RA 553♂( ZMUC); 1 ♂( paratype), 15 kmE Ayaviri, Laguna Asnacocha, 14°49'44"S, 70°22'34"W, ca. 3940 m, 26–27.iii.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. RA 559♂( ZMUC).
Diagnosis.The combination of shining, copery golden forewing without fascia, large, apically angular inner lobe of valva, and specific set of four or three large spine-like cornuti in phallus distinguishes S. lobatafrom all other Stigmellaspecies possessing one caudal process of gnathos in the male genitalia.
Male( Fig. 32). Described in Stonis et al. 2016d: 69, figs 204, 205. Forewing length: 3.3–3.5 mm; wingspan: 7.1–7.6 mm. Female.Unknown. Male genitalia.Illustrated in Stonis et al. 2016d: figs 206–212. BionomicsAdults fly in late March—early April. Otherwise biology unknown.
Distribution( Figs 1, 3). This species occurs in the high Peruvian Andes ( Peru: PunoDepartamento) at altitudes about 3900–3940 m.
1457688718
1987-03-31
1987-04-03
1987-03-31
ZMUC
O. Karsholt
Peru
3900
-15.295556
Quabrada Metara
21
-70.20583
Material
29
30
554
554
Puno
holotype
1457688719
1987-03-26
1987-03-27
1987-03-26
ZMUC
O. Karsholt
Peru
3940
-14.828889
Laguna Asnacocha
21
-70.376114
29
30
560
560
Puno
paratype