A new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 05 Oct 2018Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:Nota Lepidopterologica, volume 41, pages 199-205 (issn: 0342-7536, eissn: 2367-5365,

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Authors: Vargas,Hector;

doi: 10.3897/nl.41.28570

A new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

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Male and female adults ofYpsolophamolteniisp. n.(Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) are described and illustrated from the western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile. Larvae ofY.molteniifeed on inflorescences of the native shrubAdesmiaverrucosaMeyen (Fabaceae). This finding represent the first species ofYpsolophaLatreille, 1796 described from mainland Chile and the first species of this genus with larvae feeding on the highly diverse South American genusAdesmia.

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University of Tarapacá
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Ypsolopha hydraea (Meyrick, Insecta, 1965), Arthropoda, QH301-705.5, 1919); Ypsolopha telluris (Clarke, Adesmia verrucosa Meyen; Fabaceae; Ypsolopha hydraea (Meyrick, Adesmia verrucosa Meyen, Fabaceae, Yponomeutoidea, 1919), Ypsolopha telluris (Clarke, Lepidoptera, Animalia, Biology (General), Ypsolophidae

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