A taxonomic revision of the profusella species group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera, Adelidae) from Sulawesi, Papua and adjacent islands - UTU Research Portal

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A taxonomic revision of the profusella species group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera, Adelidae) from Sulawesi, Papua and adjacent islands

Authors: Kozlov, Mikhail V.

Publisher: Magnolia Press

Publication year: 2026

Journal: Zootaxa

Volume: 5763

Issue: 1

First page : 1

Last page: 38

ISSN: 1175-5326

eISSN: 1175-5334

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.1

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Web address : https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.1

Abstract

This study provides a comprehensive account of 20 species of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798, described or recorded from Indonesia (15 species) and Papua New Guinea (8 species). These species presumably constitute a monophyletic group defined by the presence of two longitudinal silver stripes in light (yellow, ochreous, or golden) basal part of forewing. A key to the species is provided; 12 new species are described: N. baliella Kozlov, sp. nov., N. cheesmanae Kozlov, sp. nov., N. cupriantennella Kozlov, sp. nov., N. fuscofasciella Kozlov, sp. nov., N. illustrella Kozlov, sp. nov., N. meeki Kozlov, sp. nov., N. neuguineae Kozlov, sp. nov., N. ochrodorsella Kozlov, sp. nov., N. sulawesiensis Kozlov, sp. nov., N. sulphurea Kozlov, sp. nov., N. vasilyi Kozlov, sp. nov., and N. wallacei Kozlov, sp. nov. Lectotypes are designated for two species, Nemotois profusella Walker, 1866 and Nemotois photodoxa Meyrick, 1930.

Funding information in the publication:
Financial support was provided by the Academy of Finland through multiple researcher exchange grants, the European Commission's (FP6) Integrated Infrastructure Initiative programme SYNTHESYS, SYS-Resource program, Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, British Council and the Smithsonian Institution. Publication of this study was supported by Oskar Oflunds Stiftelse.