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- Title
A new genus of primitive Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of nepticulid subfamilies.
- Authors
HOARE, ROBERT J. B.
- Abstract
Roscidotoga, a new genus of Nepticulidae, is described. Three new species- R. callicomae, R. eucryphiae and R. sapphiripes-are described, all from rainforest in eastern Australia. Adults, genitalia, larvae, pupal exuviae and mines are illustrated. The larvae are leaf-miners on the Gondwanan plant families Cunoniaceae, Eucryphiaceae and Elaeocarpaceae. The systematic position of the genus is discussed: it is assigned to the subfamily Pectinivalvinae and considered to represent the sister-group of Pectinivalva Scoble, which likewise appears to be endemic to Australia. A revised diagnosis of the two nepticulid subfamilies is presented.
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2000, Vol 128, Issue 3, p289
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00165.x