Definition of the Elachista puplesisi Sruoga complex (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae), with description of a new species

Lauri Kaila; Virginijus Sruoga

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.5.6

Definition of the Elachista puplesisi Sruoga complex (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2014 Jun 25;3821(5):583-9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.5.6.

Authors

Lauri Kaila¹, Virginijus Sruoga²

Affiliations

¹ Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.; Email: lauri.kaila@helsinki.fi.
² Division of Biosystematics Research, Department of Biology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania.; Email: virginijus.sruoga@leu.lt.

PMID: 24989769
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.5.6

Abstract

The Elachista puplesisi group is defined. Its characterization is based on two species, E. puplesisi Sruoga, 2000, known from the holotype collected in Turkmenistan and E. helia sp. nov., from Rhodos, Greece. The group is assigned to the subgenus Atachia of Elachista, but its affinities within Atachia remain unknown.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Female
Greece
Male
Moths / anatomy & histology
Moths / classification*
Moths / growth & development
Organ Size