A taxonomic revision of the tristrigella species group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera, Adelidae) from the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia
: Kozlov, Mikhail V.
Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS
: AUCKLAND
: 2025
: Zootaxa
: ZOOTAXA
: ZOOTAXA
: 5665
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: 1175-5326
: 1175-5334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.1.6
: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5665.1.6
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/499586268
This study defines and revises the monophyletic tristrigella species group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798, characterized by six presumably apomorphic traits, including (but not limited to) a glossy golden vertex and glossy golden basal part of forewing sharply contrasting with the coppery bronze apical part, which features a distinctive pattern of several yellow spots surrounded by dark brown scales. The group comprises four species: N. pendleburyi Kozlov, sp. nov., from Malaysia; N. vitalii Kozlov, sp. nov., from Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei; N. chalcotechna (Meyrick, 1937) from the Philippines; and N. tristrigella (Walker, 1866) from Indonesia and the Philippines. These specie-s are described and illustrated herein, with identification keys based on external morphology and male genitalia provided. Particular attention is paid to similarities and dissimilarities between N. chalcotechna and N. tristrigella.
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Funding was provided by the Research Council (formerly Academy) of Finland through multiple mobility grants, the European Commission’s (FP 6) Integrated Infrastructure Initiative programme SYNTHESYS, SYS-Resource and Biod-Iberia programs, Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, British Council, and the Smithsonian Institution. Open access publication of this study was supported by Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse.