Barbaloba Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B548B139-E8D9-4F10-956E-E0001E6C7586
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6147393
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scientific name	Barbaloba Adamski
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Barbaloba Adamski View in CoL , new genus

Type species.— Barbaloba meleagrisellae Adamski , by present designation. Barbaloba is known only from Costa Rica.

Description.— Barbaloba possesses a unique combination of male features that include: absence of a proximal flange and middle region of dorsal part of valva developed into a large, ventrally projecting, setose lobe.

Etymology. The generic name Barbaloba is derived from two Latin words, barba a femanine noun meaning beard, and lobus, a masculine noun meaning a rounded projection, and refers to the setose lobelike process originating from the ventral part of the valva of the male genitalia.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
SuperFamily	Gelechioidea
Family	Blastobasidae

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