A Remarkable New Species of Stephensia Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Belize Rainforest (Central America)

Virginijus Sruoga; Rimantas Puplesis

doi:10.2108/zsj.20.1273

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1 October 2003 A Remarkable New Species of Stephensia Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Belize Rainforest (Central America)

Virginijus Sruoga, Rimantas Puplesis

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Zoological Science, 20(10):1273-1277 (2003). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.20.1273

Abstract

Stephensia armata sp. n., a remarkable species is described from Belize (Central America). The external features and genitalia of the male are figured and described in detail. A distribution map for all six Elachistidae species, currently recorded from tropical America, is given: Perittia smaragdophanes (Meyrick), P. punatensis Kaila, Elachista albisquamella Zeller, E. saccharella (Busck), E. vasrana Kaila and Stephensia armata Sruoga, sp. n.

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Virginijus Sruoga and Rimantas Puplesis "A Remarkable New Species of Stephensia Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Belize Rainforest (Central America)," Zoological Science 20(10), 1273-1277, (1 October 2003). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.20.1273

Received: 6 May 2003; Accepted: 1 July 2003; Published: 1 October 2003

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