A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
Authors: Rota J, Miller SE
Publisher: PENSOFT PUBL
Publication year: 2013
Journal: ZooKeys
Journal name in source: ZOOKEYS
Journal acronym: ZOOKEYS
Number in series: 355
Issue: 355
First page : 29
Last page: 47
Number of pages: 19
ISSN: 1313-2989
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.355.6158
Abstract
Niveas Rota, new genus, and its two new species, N. agassizi Rota, new species, and N. kone Rota, new species, are described and illustrated. Niveas is assigned to the subfamily Choreutinae based on morphological and molecular data. Niveas agassizi is currently known only from Kenya and only from female specimens. Niveas kone has been found on the Solomon Islands and in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG, larvae of this species have been reared from several species of Ficus (Moraceae). The two species are superficially quite dissimilar from each other. However, they share features in wing pattern and venation, as well as female genitalia, and the molecular data strongly support the monophyly of Niveas.
Niveas Rota, new genus, and its two new species, N. agassizi Rota, new species, and N. kone Rota, new species, are described and illustrated. Niveas is assigned to the subfamily Choreutinae based on morphological and molecular data. Niveas agassizi is currently known only from Kenya and only from female specimens. Niveas kone has been found on the Solomon Islands and in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG, larvae of this species have been reared from several species of Ficus (Moraceae). The two species are superficially quite dissimilar from each other. However, they share features in wing pattern and venation, as well as female genitalia, and the molecular data strongly support the monophyly of Niveas.
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