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Atkinsonia venusta

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Description

4. Atkinsonia venusta (Meyrick, 1913)

= Oedematopoda venusta Meyrick, 1913, Exot. Microlepid. 1: 97.

TL: India, Central Provinces, Jabalpur (presently, in Madhya Pradesh).

TD: Unknown.

Distribution: India: Madhya Pradesh (Meyrick 1913).

Host: feeds on Kerria lacca (Fletcher 1920; Pierce 1995; Robinson et al. 2023).

Notes

Published as part of Sahoo, Kishore Chandra, 2025, A catalogue of Indian Stathmopodidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), pp. 482-504 in Zootaxa 5711 (4) on page 488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17884217

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Stathmopodidae
Genus
Atkinsonia
Species
venusta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atkinsonia venusta (Meyrick, 1913) sec. Sahoo, 2025

References

  • Fletcher, T. B. (1920) Life histories of Indian Insects. Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, Entomological Series, 6, 1-217. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11098
  • Pierce, N. E. (1995) Predatory and parasitic Lepidoptera: carnivores living on plants. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 49 (4), 412-453.
  • Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernandez, L. M. (2023) HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, Lodnon, Data Set. https://doi.org/10.5519/havt50xw