A new genus of Grapholitini from Africa related to Thaumatotibia (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) | Zendy

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A new genus of Grapholitini from Africa related to Thaumatotibia (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)

Author(s) -

Alicia E. Timm,

John W. Brown

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.438.7490

Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , tortricidae , biology , boraginaceae , genus , type species , terminalia , zoology , botany

Thaumatovalva gen. n. is described and illustrated from the Afrotropical region. As currently defined the genus includes four species: T. deprinsorum sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of Congo; T. albolineana sp. n. (type species) from the Democratic Republic of Congo; T. spinai (Razowski & Trematerra), comb. n., from Ethiopia and Nigeria; and T. limbata (Diakonoff), comb. n., from the Seychelles and Kenya. Thaumatovalva limbata has been reared from the fruit of Cordia somaliensis Baker and C. monoica Roxb. (Boraginaceae) in Kenya. Although structures of the male and female genitalia are extremely similar among three of the four species, male secondary scales on the under surface of the hindwing easily distinguish them.

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