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Neotropical taxa referable to acrolophus (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)
Author(s) -
BECKER VITOR O.,
ROBINSON GADEN S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00433.x
Subject(s) - biology , lepidoptera genitalia , monobasic acid , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , botany , chemistry , polymer chemistry
. The new World genus Acrolophus , with about 225 species, has alreay twenty‐six generic synonyms. a further four genera, Daulia Walker, 1863 [norm. praeocc., nec Walker, 1859] (monobasic), Brachysymbola Meyrick (monobasic), Orothyntis Meyrick (two species) and Psephocrita Meyrick (monobasic) are here synonmized with Acrolophus. Daulia indecora Walker, Brachysymbola sepulcralis Meyrick, Orothyntis scruopulata Meyrick, O.torata meyrick and Psephocrita melanodoxa Meyrick are transferred to Acrolophus. Acrolophus reflexa (Fabricius) and its genitalia are figured from recently collected materila.