TY - JOUR
T1 - Atacamaptilia ambrosiavora gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a leaf miner of Ambrosia cumanensis (Asteraceae) in the Atacama Desert
AU - Espinoza-Donoso, Sebastián
AU - Gonçalves, Gislene L.
AU - Vargas, Héctor A.
AU - Moreira, Gilson R.P.
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PY - 2022/2/21
Y1 - 2022/2/21
N2 - Adult and immature stages of Atacamaptilia ambrosiavora Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Acrocercopinae) from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile are described and illustrated. The Neotropical Atacamaptilia Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. nov. resembles the Old World genera Melanocercops Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 and Phodoryctis Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 in wing venation. However, differences in genitalia morphology enable the recognition of Atacamaptilia Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. nov. as a different genus. COI sequences support this delimitation, since it is not closely phylogenetically related to these genera. A divergence of 18% (Kimura 2-parameter model) of A. ambrosiavora Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. et sp. nov. to its nearest neighbor Leucospilapteryx omissella (Stainton, 1848) was found. The larvae of A. ambrosiavora Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. et sp. nov. mine leaves of Ambrosia cumanensis Kunth (Asteraceae).
AB - Adult and immature stages of Atacamaptilia ambrosiavora Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Acrocercopinae) from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile are described and illustrated. The Neotropical Atacamaptilia Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. nov. resembles the Old World genera Melanocercops Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 and Phodoryctis Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 in wing venation. However, differences in genitalia morphology enable the recognition of Atacamaptilia Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. nov. as a different genus. COI sequences support this delimitation, since it is not closely phylogenetically related to these genera. A divergence of 18% (Kimura 2-parameter model) of A. ambrosiavora Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. et sp. nov. to its nearest neighbor Leucospilapteryx omissella (Stainton, 1848) was found. The larvae of A. ambrosiavora Vargas & Espinoza-Donoso gen. et sp. nov. mine leaves of Ambrosia cumanensis Kunth (Asteraceae).
KW - Chile
KW - DNA barcoding
KW - Gracillariids
KW - Micromoths
KW - Neotropical region
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85134440173
U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.5
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.5
M3 - Article
C2 - 35391068
AN - SCOPUS:85134440173
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 5100
SP - 401
EP - 418
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 3
ER -