Stigmella altiplanica 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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.557156

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:98E19676-EC03-4026-B4B6-39BEC10B5A05

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3511067

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DA3B878D-7225-FFD9-FF12-621DFE4DFAAB

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Plazi

scientific name

Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, 2016
status

 

15. Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, 2016

( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 34 View FIGURE 34 , 37 View FIGURE 37 )

Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, in Stonis et al. 2016d: 39 View Cited Treatment , figs 98–102.

Material examined. 1 ♂ (holotype), PERU, Dept. Ancash, 35 km SE Huaraz, Cerro Cahuish , 9°40'50"S, 77°13'32"W, 4100 m, Quabrada Pucavado, 15–18.ii.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. AD 647♂ ( ZMUC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The combination of set of four large cornuti with a cluster of small spine-like cornuti, squareshaped uncus, and speckled, 4.5 mm long forewing distinguishes S. altiplanica from all other Stigmella species.

Male ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 ). Described in Stonis et al. 2016d: 39, figs 98, 99. Forewing length 4.5 mm; wingspan about 9.5–9.6 mm.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia. Illustrated in Stonis et al. 2016d: figs 100–102.

Bionomics. Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.

Distribution ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ). This species occurs high in the Peruvian Andes ( Peru: Ancash Departamento) at altitudes about 4100 m.

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nepticulidae

Genus

Stigmella

Loc

Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, 2016

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Karsholt, Ole & Torres, Nixon Cumbicus 2017
2017
Loc

Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, in Stonis et al. 2016d : 39

Stonis 2016: 39
2016
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