Stigmella ampla Diškus & 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 : 29

14. Stigmella ampla Diškus & Stonis, 2016

Stigmella ampla Diškus & Stonis, in Stonis et al. 2016d: 54 , 55, 57, 58, figs 152–156.

Material examined. 1 ♂ (holotype), PERU, Dept. Lima, 10 km N Oyón, Quabrada Quichas, Pueblo Quichas , 10°34'17"S, 76°46'03"W, 4000 m, 24–26.ii.1987, leg. O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. AD 645♂ ( ZMUC) .

Diagnosis. The combination of large speckled forewing, apically widening valva, and spine-like cornuti gathered in four compact clusters distinguishes S. ampla from all other Stigmella species.

Male ( Fig. 34 ). Described in Stonis et al. 2016d: 54, 55, fig. 152. Forewing length about 5.1 mm; wingspan about 10.8–10.9 mm.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia. Illustrated in Stonis et al. 2016d: figs 153–156.

Bionomics Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.

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

Figures

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.