Taxonomy of Palaearctic scythridids: description ofFalkovitshella hindukushisp. nov. andScythris wadiqeltellasp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Scythrididae)

2013/05/02 by Pietro Passerin D'Entrèves, Angela Roggero · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.763106

openalex publication_date 2013/05/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Two new species are here described and illustrated: Falkovitshella hindukushi sp. nov. from north-eastern Afghanistan, and Scythris wadiqeltella sp. nov. from Palestine. Scythris inconspicuella Sinev is newly recorded from China, markedly extending its known range. http://www.zoobank,org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2BC5092F-D004-4CB3-85C7-1CAA54AAE536

Citations

• Contribution to the knowledge of Eastern Palaearctic scythridids (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Scythrididae)
• Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an exemplar approach

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