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| Platyptilia azuayensis sp. nov. (1), Hellinsia juliae sp. nov. (3), H. razboinikovi sp. nov. (5) and H. muratovi sp. nov. (7). Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2024 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a, reconstructed images of adults in dorsal view. Artwork by Sergey Kovtunovich |
Abstract
Five new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) are described from Ecuador: Platyptilia azuayensis sp. nov., Hellinsia juliae sp. nov., H. razboinikovi sp. nov., H. muratovi sp. nov., and H. elini sp. nov. Two species of Pterophoridae, Quadriptilia obscurodactyla Gielis, 1994 and Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874), are recorded from Ecuador for the first time.
Key words: South America, Ecuador, biodiversity, plume moths, Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, new records, new species
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| Platyptilia azuayensis sp. nov. (1–2) and Hellinsia juliae sp. nov. (3–4). 1, 3, adults in dorsal view, holotypes; 1a, 3a, reconstructed images of adults in dorsal view; 2, 4, male genitalia, holotypes. Scale bars: 10 mm (1, 1a, 3, 3a). |
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| Platyptilia azuayensis sp. nov. (1) and Hellinsia juliae sp. nov. (3). Hellinsia razboinikovi sp. nov. (5) and Hellinsia muratovi sp. nov. (7). 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a, reconstructed images of adults in dorsal view. Artwork by Sergey Kovtunovich (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) |
V.N. Kovtunovich and P.Ya. Ustjuzhanin. 2024. New Species of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador. Part 2. Zoosystematica Rossica. 33(1): 85–91. DOI: doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2024.33.1.85
