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Revision of the genus Coproptilia Snellen, with description of a new species from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)
Author(s) -
PARK KyuTek
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00225.x
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , biology , genus , zoology , type species , type (biology) , male genitalia , taxonomy (biology) , ecology
Coproptilia Snellen is revised, with description of C. tawiensis sp. nov. from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). At the same time, a lectotype of the type species of the genus, C. glebicolorella Snellen, is designated from the two syntypes collected from West Java. Photographs of adults for three known species of the genus and the male genitalia for the type species and new species are provided, with the forewing venation and tergites of the abdomen of the new species.