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Urodeta falciferella Sruoga & De Prins 2009

Description

Urodeta falciferella (Sruoga & De Prins, 2009)

Perittia falciferella, new species ”— Sruoga, V. & De Prins, J. 2009. Zootaxa 2172: 14, figs 4, 15, 33, 41–43. Transferred to Urodeta by Kaila & Sugisima (2011: 16).

Type locality: Kenya, Kakamega Forest, 0 0°21'N 034°51'E, 1590 m.

Type specimens: Holotype Ƥ, mine 28.iii.2003, ex p. 21.iv.2003, leg. J. & W. De Prins; genitalia slide MRAC / KMMA 0 0 477, in RMCA; Paratypes 2Ƥ, same locality data as holotype, mine 28.iii.2003, ex. p. 21.iv.2003, leg. J. & W. De Prins; genitalia slide MRAC / KMMA 0 0 478, in RMCA.

Host plant (s): Unknown: unidentified plant.

Distribution: Kenya (Sruoga & De Prins 2009: 14).

Notes

Published as part of Prins, Jurate De & Sruoga, Virginijus, 2012, A review of the taxonomic history and biodiversity of the genus Urodeta (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae), with description of new species, pp. 41-62 in Zootaxa 3488 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210188

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Momphidae
Genus
Urodeta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sruoga & De Prins
Species
falciferella
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Urodeta falciferella Sruoga, 2009 sec. Prins & Sruoga, 2012

References

  • Sruoga, V. & De Prins, J. (2009) The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 2172, 1 - 31.
  • Kaila, L. & Sugisima, K. (2011) Phylogeny, subfamily definition and generic classification. In: Kaila, L. Elachistine moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, vol. 11, CSIRO publishing, Melbourne, pp. 7 - 22.