To the fauna of Pterophoridae of Venezuela with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.288

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Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, biodiversity, new species, new data, Venezuela

Abstract

The article describes two new Pterophoridae species from Venezuela: Postplatyptilia lastukhini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. and Postplatyptilia stekolnikovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. Four species: Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874), Adaina costarica Gielis, 1992, Adaina desolata Arenberger & Bond, 1995 and Hellinsia devriesi (Landry & Gielis, 1992) are recorded for the fauna of Venezuela for the first time.

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2021-09-30

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Ustjuzhanin, P. Y., Kovtunovich, V. N., & Streltzov, A. N. (2021). To the fauna of Pterophoridae of Venezuela with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 49(195), 501–506. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.288

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