Systematics and Faunistics of Neotropical Olethreutini, 2: Episimus Walsingham, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.972

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Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Episimus, new species, new synonyms, distribution, Neotropics

Abstract

Twelve species of Episimus Walsingham, 1892 are described and illustrated (E. granpiedrae Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. meranus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. joaquimus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. eisniveus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. niveopictus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. serenus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. spinuliferus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. cubaenatus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. maricao Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. caracanus Razowski & Becker, sp. n., E. niveogriseus sp. n., E. opponens Razowski & Becker, sp. n.), and distribution data on twelve other species are provided. Episimoides Diakonoff, 1957 is synonymized with Episimus and Afrotropical Episimoides erythraea Diakonoff, 1957 is transferred to Episimus.

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BROWN, J. W., 2005.– World Catalogue of Insects. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), 5: 741 pp. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.

HEPPNER, J. B., 1994.– Episimus moths of North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).– Holarctic Lepidoptera, 1: 83-107.

RAZOWSKI, J. & BROWN, J. W., 2008.– New species, new combinations, and new synonymies in Neotropical Episimus Walsingham, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae).– Acta Zoological Cracoviensa, 51B(1-2): 83-144.

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2017-03-30

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Razowski, J., & Becker, V. O. (2017). Systematics and Faunistics of Neotropical Olethreutini, 2: Episimus Walsingham, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 45(177), 59–73. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.972

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