Telamoptilia Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

Sruoga, Virginijus & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, New species, new country distribution records, and a new generic combination of Afrotropical Acrocercopinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 5285 (1), pp. 75-115 : 111

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7936273
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scientific name	Telamoptilia Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Telamoptilia Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 View in CoL View at ENA

Telamoptilia Kumata & Kuroko, 1988b: 57 View in CoL . Type species: Acrocercops cathedraea Meyrick, 1908 .

This is small genus of 9 species distributed in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and one species is known from Cuba. The following characters of adult are considered as diagnostic for the Telamoptilia View in CoL : (1) antennal scape with minute flap of scales; (2) valva without any comb on inner surface; (3) median sclerotization of the dorsocephalic apodeme of male abdominal segment VIII extending onto tergum; (4) corpus bursae often with cruciform or navicular shaped signum.