A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution

Abstract. Niveas Rota, new genus, and its two new species, N. agassizi Rota, new species, and N. kone Rota, new species, are described and illustrated. Niveas is assigned to the subfamily Choreutinae based on morphological and molecular data. Niveas agassizi is currently known only from Kenya and on...

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Autores principales: Rota, Jadranka, Miller, Scott E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24363568
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.355.6158
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description Abstract. Niveas Rota, new genus, and its two new species, N. agassizi Rota, new species, and N. kone Rota, new species, are described and illustrated. Niveas is assigned to the subfamily Choreutinae based on morphological and molecular data. Niveas agassizi is currently known only from Kenya and only from female specimens. Niveas kone has been found on the Solomon Islands and in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG, larvae of this species have been reared from several species of Ficus (Moraceae). The two species are superficially quite dissimilar from each other. However, they share features in wing pattern and venation, as well as female genitalia, and the molecular data strongly support the monophyly of Niveas.
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spelling pubmed-38671882013-12-20 A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution Rota, Jadranka Miller, Scott E. Zookeys Article Abstract. Niveas Rota, new genus, and its two new species, N. agassizi Rota, new species, and N. kone Rota, new species, are described and illustrated. Niveas is assigned to the subfamily Choreutinae based on morphological and molecular data. Niveas agassizi is currently known only from Kenya and only from female specimens. Niveas kone has been found on the Solomon Islands and in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG, larvae of this species have been reared from several species of Ficus (Moraceae). The two species are superficially quite dissimilar from each other. However, they share features in wing pattern and venation, as well as female genitalia, and the molecular data strongly support the monophyly of Niveas. Pensoft Publishers 2013-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3867188/ /pubmed/24363568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.355.6158 Text en Jadranka Rota, Scott E. Miller http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
title A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
title_full A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
title_fullStr A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
title_full_unstemmed A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
title_short A new genus of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) with Afrotropical and Australasian distribution
title_sort new genus of metalmark moths (lepidoptera, choreutidae) with afrotropical and australasian distribution
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24363568
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.355.6158
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