The Lepidoptera ofAcaciadomatia in Kenya, with description of two new genera and six new species

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 2011 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Journal of Natural History, volume 45, pages 1,867-1,893 (issn: 0022-2933, eissn: 1464-5262,

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Authors: Agassiz, David J.L.;

doi: 10.1080/00222933.2011.565155

The Lepidoptera ofAcaciadomatia in Kenya, with description of two new genera and six new species

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Abstract

The contents of swollen-thorn domatia of three Acacia species are given. Lepidoptera bred from swollen thorns of Acacia are listed; two new genera, Endotera gen. nov. and Kenyatta gen. nov., and six new species: Phthoropoea chalcomochla sp. nov., Endotera nodi sp. nov., Hystrichophora vittana sp. nov., Hystrichophora griseana sp. nov., Hystrichophora bopprei sp. nov. and Kenyatta iodes sp. nov., are described.

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Natural History Museum
United Kingdom

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Insecta, Arthropoda, Tineidae, Asterales, Biodiversity, Asteraceae, Lepidoptera, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Tortricidae, Animalia, Plantae, Taxonomy

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