A new species of Stenoptilia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) associated with Neobartsia peruviana (Orobanchaceae) in the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas, Héctor A.; Vargas-Ortiz, Marcelo; Gielis, Cees

doi:10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2019-0028

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“…Many Neotropical species of Adaina were described in the last 30 years, either before (Gielis 1991(Gielis , 1992Landry et al 2004;Bigot and Etienne 2009) or after (Gielis 2012(Gielis , 2013(Gielis , 2014 the revision of the Neotropical fauna by Gielis (2011a), suggesting that the taxonomic diversity of the genus in this region remains only partially known. The discovery of A. jobimi occurred in an area where few plume moth species have been recorded (Espinoza-Donoso et al 2018;Vargas et al 2020). Similar surveys for larvae on plants native to underexplored areas could be useful to collect additional species of Adaina and to know better the natural history and geographic ranges of the species already described.…”

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Adaina jobimi sp. nov., a plume moth (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) associated with Baccharis alnifolia (Asteraceae) in the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas¹

2020

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The adult stage of the plume moth Adaina jobimisp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Pterophorinae: Oidaematophorini) from the arid highlands of the western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile is described and illustrated. The wing pattern and genitalia of A. jobimi resemble those of A. excreta Meyrick, 1930, from Argentina, Ecuador and Peru and A. coquimboae Gielis, 2012, the only representative of the genus previously known from Chile. Morphological differences of A. jobimi with these two congenerics are discussed. Larval feeding and pupation of A. jobimi occur on inflorescences of the native shrub Baccharis alnifolia Meyen & Walp. (Asteraceae). The discovery of A. jobimi provides the first record of the genus in a long distribution gap in mainland South America west of the Andes Range, suggesting that the taxonomic diversity of Adaina in this area deserves further attention.

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Adaina jobimi sp. nov., a plume moth (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) associated with Baccharis alnifolia (Asteraceae) in the Andes of northern Chile

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2020

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“…The discovery of H. tarregai gen. et sp. nov. highlights the currently overlooked diversity of micromoths harbored by the arid environments of the Andes that deserves further attention (e.g., Farfán et al 2020;Vargas et al 2020). The host plant records of the different genera of Heliodinidae, summarized in detail by Hsu & Powell (2004), can be used as an extremely valuable guide to explore the Neotropical diversity of this family of micromoths.…”

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Systematics of Helioandesia tarregai gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Heliodinidae) from the Andes of Northern Chile

Vargas

2021

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The adult stage of Helioandesia tarregai gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Heliodinidae) is described and illustrated from the arid western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile. The larvae of H. tarregai gen. et sp. nov. feed as leaf skeletonizers on Mirabilis acuta (Reiche) Heimerl (Nyctaginaceae). The mostly gray forewing of H. tarregai gen. et sp. nov., ornamented with strongly bulging metallic spots, resembles that of the representatives of the mainly Nearctic Lithariapteryx Chambers, 1876. However, the latter lacks CuP in the forewing, has a single bristle in the female frenulum, and lacks a well-developed cornutus. Helioandesia gen. nov. clustered as sister to Neoheliodines Hsu, 2004 in a cladistic analysis, although no synapomorphies were found for this cluster, while Lithariapteryx was sister to Helioandesia gen. nov. + Neoheliodines based on two synapomorphies. The genetic distance between a DNA barcode sequence of H. tarregai gen. et sp. nov. and representatives of other genera of Heliodinidae Heinemann, 1877 was 9.0–12.5% (K2P), and a maximum likelihood analysis based on this molecular marker confirmed the placement of H. tarregai gen. et sp. nov. as a member of this micromoth family. This contribution represents the first confirmed record of Heliodinidae for Chile.

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“…Plume moths of Chile are relatively well studied, there are over 50 known species of them (Gielis 1991(Gielis , 2003(Gielis , 2006(Gielis , 2011(Gielis , 2012(Gielis , 2013(Gielis , 2014Vargas 2010Vargas , 2020Vargas & Parra 2005;Vargas et al 2020), but for Atacama Desert our data are published for the first time.…”

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Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile)

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A new species of Stenoptilia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) associated with Neobartsia peruviana (Orobanchaceae) in the Andes of northern Chile

Cited by 6 publications

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Adaina jobimi sp. nov., a plume moth (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) associated with Baccharis alnifolia (Asteraceae) in the Andes of northern Chile

Adaina jobimi sp. nov., a plume moth (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) associated with Baccharis alnifolia (Asteraceae) in the Andes of northern Chile

Systematics of Helioandesia tarregai gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Heliodinidae) from the Andes of Northern Chile

Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile)

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