Notes on the Scythris punctivittella species-group, with description of a new species from Morocco (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.931

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Lepidoptera, Scythrididae, new species, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

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Scythris bengti Nupponen & Tabell, sp. n. is described from Morocco. A pair of the new taxon, belonging to the punctivittella species-group, was collected in the High Atlas Mountains in late June, 2016. The external appearance and genitalia of both sexes of the new species are illustrated. The previously unknown male of S. atlasensis Bengtsson, 1997 was discovered in the same site near the type locality of the taxon, and its genitalia are illustrated

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2017-09-30

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Nupponen, K., & Tabell, J. (2017). Notes on the Scythris punctivittella species-group, with description of a new species from Morocco (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 45(179), 409–413. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.931

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