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Gnathifera acacivorella

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Description

Gnathifera acacivorella (Gaedike, 1968)

(Figs 10, 26)

Ochromolopis acacivorella Gaedike, 1968: 612, figs 30a–30b

Gnathifera acacivorella (Gaedike, 1968): Gaedike 1978: 208

Material studied. New South Wales: 1 ♀, Barren Grounds Fauna Res., 29.x.1977, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC, 1 ♂, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, 20.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC.

Distribution. New South Wales (first record), Tasmania (Gaedike, 1968).

Bionomics. Larvae in galls of Acacia sp.

The description of the male genitalia is presented for the first time (Fig. 26):

Uncus straight, narrowing to rounded tip; gnathos nearly circularly swollen, covered with numerous minute bristles; valva short, more or less parallel, costal edge apically ending in a short digital process, at underside with a thin strongly sclerotized rod-like process, ventral edge with narrow longitudinal bristled fold, apodemes connected with vinculum, with digital process, nearly reaching apex of valva; phallus longer than valva, basal half narrower than apical half, with rounded tip.

Notes

Published as part of Gaedike, Reinhard, 2018, New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), pp. 33-50 in Zootaxa 4524 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/2610302

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ANIC , CSIRO
Event date
1976-12-20
Verbatim event date
1976-12-20
Scientific name authorship
Gaedike
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Epermeniidae
Genus
Gnathifera
Species
acacivorella
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gnathifera acacivorella (Gaedike, 1968) sec. Gaedike, 2018

References

  • Gaedike, R. (1968) Revision der Epermeniidae Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). Pacific Insects, 10 (3 / 4), 599 - 627, 69 figs.
  • Gaedike, R. (1978) Versuch der phylogenetischen Gliederung der Epermeniidae der Welt (Lepidoptera). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 28 (1), 201 - 209, 11 figs.