A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)

Abstract. The Alps are a hotspot of biodiversity in Europe with many Lepidoptera species still to be discovered. Here we describe a new gracillariid genus and species, Mercantouria neli gen. n. and sp. n. The morphology of the male genitalia is highly differentiated with unique features. DNA barcode...

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Autores principales: Huemer, Peter, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, Triberti, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27199612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.586.8375
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author Huemer, Peter
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description Abstract. The Alps are a hotspot of biodiversity in Europe with many Lepidoptera species still to be discovered. Here we describe a new gracillariid genus and species, Mercantouria neli gen. n. and sp. n. The morphology of the male genitalia is highly differentiated with unique features. DNA barcodes show that its nearest neighbor is the North American species ‘Caloptilia’ scutellariella (Braun, 1923). Mercantouria neli is known from four adults (two males and two females) collected at two localities in the French Alps. Its host plant and life cycle remain unknown.
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spelling pubmed-48570342016-05-19 A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) Huemer, Peter Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos Triberti, Paolo Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The Alps are a hotspot of biodiversity in Europe with many Lepidoptera species still to be discovered. Here we describe a new gracillariid genus and species, Mercantouria neli gen. n. and sp. n. The morphology of the male genitalia is highly differentiated with unique features. DNA barcodes show that its nearest neighbor is the North American species ‘Caloptilia’ scutellariella (Braun, 1923). Mercantouria neli is known from four adults (two males and two females) collected at two localities in the French Alps. Its host plant and life cycle remain unknown. Pensoft Publishers 2016-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4857034/ /pubmed/27199612 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.586.8375 Text en Peter Huemer, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Paolo Triberti http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Huemer, Peter
Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos
Triberti, Paolo
A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
title A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
title_full A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
title_fullStr A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
title_short A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
title_sort new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the french alps, mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (lepidoptera, gracillariidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27199612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.586.8375
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