Stigmella pseudorobusta (lat.) Is a species of baby moths of the genus Stigmella ( Nepticulinae ) from the family Nepticulidae .
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Stigmella pseudorobusta Remeikis & Stonis, 2016 [1] . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution
South America : Peru , wet alpine meadows of paramo , Andes (4100 m), Dept. Ancash, 35 km southeast Huaraz, Cerro Cahuish, 9 ° 40'50 "S, 77 ° 13'32" W, Quabrada Pucavado [1] .
Description
Small butterfly-shaped butterflies. The length of the front wings of the males is 4.0-4.5 mm, wingspan - 8.6-9.6 mm. The color is yellowish and grayish brown. Flagellum of males consists of 42 segments. Caterpillars and biology are unknown. Adults appear in February [1] .
Etymology
The species name S. pseudorobusta was given by signs of similarity with the species Stigmella robusta [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Jonas R. Stonis, Arūnas Diškus, Andrius Remeikis, Virginijus Gerulaitis, Ole Karsholt. Leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from record high altitudes: documenting an entire new fauna in the Andean páramo and puna (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2016 .-- Vol. 4181, no. 1 . - P. 1-94. - ISSN 1175-5326 . (description of another 22 new species: 862 + 22 = 884 species of Nepticulidae)