<strong>The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus <em>Liabum</em>, Asteraceae</strong>

JONAS R. STONIS; ARŪNAS Diškus; ANDRIUS REMEIKIS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.6

Issue: Vol. 4040 No. 5: 13 Nov. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-11-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.6

Page range: 576–582

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**The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum, Asteraceae**

JONAS R. STONIS⁺⁻
ARŪNAS Diškus⁺⁻
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS⁺⁻

Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St.39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania

Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St.39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius LT-08412, Lithuania

Lepidoptera Ecuador host-plant leaf-mines Liabum Nepticulidae new species Stigmella

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Abstract

First Liabum Adans. (Asteraceae) feeding Nepticulidae are reported. Two new new species from the Andes (Ecuador) are described: Stigmella serpantina Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and S. pangorica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. The male genitalia of both species and the female genitalia, as well the leaf-mines of S. serpantina sp. nov. are illustrated.