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Acrolepiopsis nagaimo YASUDA 2000

Description

Acrolepiopsis nagaimo YASUDA, 2000

The examination of some undetermined specimens from Nepal shows that nagaimo, described from Japan, has been found for the first time in Nepal. Perhaps it was introduced with the host plant Dioscorea opposita.

Examined material: 1 ♂, Nepal, Kathmandu - Chauni, 1400 m, 27.v.1967, leg. Dierl - Forster - Schacht; ZSM; 1 ♂, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Godavari, 1600–1800 m, 5.–7.viii.1967, leg. Dierl - Forster - Schacht; ZSM; 1 ♂, Nepal, Centr., N, Mailung Khota, 1050 m, 24.x.1995, leg. M. Fibiger; ZMUC.

Notes

Published as part of Gaedike, Reinhard, 2016, New and poorly known Acrolepiinae from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), pp. 257-264 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.257-264, http://zenodo.org/record/4754080

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMUC , ZSM
Event date
1967-05-27 , 1967-08-05 , 1995-10-24
Family
Glyphipterigidae
Genus
Acrolepiopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
YASUDA
Species
nagaimo
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1967-05-27 , 1967-08-05/07 , 1995-10-24
Taxonomic concept label
Acrolepiopsis nagaimo YASUDA, 2000 sec. Gaedike, 2016

References

  • YASUDA, K. 2000: A new species of the genus Acrolepiopsis GAEDIKE (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) injurious to Chinese yam and its closely allied species from Japan. - Applied Entomology and Zoology 35 (4): 419 - 425, 13 figs.