Stigmella pandora Remeikis & Stonis, 2016

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Karsholt, Ole & Torres, Nixon Cumbicus, 2017, Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia), Zootaxa 4257 (1), pp. 1-70 : 33

20. Stigmella pandora Remeikis & Stonis, 2016

( Figs 1, 5 , 34 )

Stigmella pandora Remeikis & Stonis, in Stonis et al. 2016d: 54 , figs 143–151.

Material examined. 5 ♂, 3 ♀, (holotype and paratypes), PERU, Dept. Ancash, 35 km SE Huaraz, Cerro Cahuish, Quabrada Pucavado , 9°40'50"S, 77°13'32"W, elevation 4100 m, 15–18.ii.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide nos RA 565♂ (holotype), RA 578♂, RA 579♂, RA 567♀ (paratypes) ; 1 ♂ (paratype), Dept. Lima, 45 km NE Chosica, Millo Valley, Quabrada Yanac , 11°36'30"S, 76°24'18"W, elevation 4000 m, 26–28.i.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. RA 574♂ ( ZMUC).

Diagnosis. Belongs to the S. pandora group. The combination of large pale speckled forewing, long processes of transtilla, large plate of gnathos with closely juxtaposed processes, and specific set of cornuti distinguishes S. pandora from all other Stigmella species.

Male ( Fig. 34 ). Described in Stonis et al. 2016d: 54, figs 143, 144. Forewing length 4.6–4.7 mm; wingspan about 9.7–10 mm.

Female. Similar to male.

Male genitalia. Illustrated in Stonis et al. 2016d: figs 145–150.

Female genitalia. Illustrated in Stonis et al. 2016d: figs 145–150.

Bionomics Adults fly in January–February. Otherwise biology unknown.

Distribution ( Fig. 1 ). This species occurs in the high Peruvian Andes ( Peru: Ancash Departamento and Lima Departamento) at altitudes 4000–4100 m ( Fig. 5 ).

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FIGURE 34. Adults of central Andean Nepticulidae.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Distribution of the central Andean Nepticulidae. 1, high-Andean species recorded at altitudes above 3700 m (after Stonis et al. 2016 d); 2, species recorded at altitudes below 3700 m; 3 – 8, some collecting areas in the Peruvian Andes.