Elachista brevis, Sruoga, Virginijus & Prins, Jurate De, 2009

Sruoga, Virginijus & Prins, Jurate De, 2009, The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 2172, pp. 1-31 : 23-24

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189248

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6217298

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scientific name

Elachista brevis
status

sp. nov.

1. Elachista brevis View in CoL sp. n.

Distribution: Kenya.

Holotype 3 in RMCA.

2. Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909

Elachista chelonitis Meyrick 1909: 25 View in CoL .

Cleroptila chelonitis ( Meyrick) View in CoL ; Meyrick 1914b: 204; Vári & Kroon 1986: 21, 108, 158; Parenti 1988: 190, 198, fig. 29; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140.

Distribution: South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District ( Meyrick 1909: 25), Malawi ( Meyrick 1914b: 204), and Kenya (new record).

Holotype Ƥ in TMSA.

3. Elachista crocogastra Meyrick, 1908

Elachista crocogastra Meyrick 1908: 733 View in CoL ; Vári & Kroon 1986: 25, 114, 158; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140; Kemal & Koçak 2006: 4; Parenti 2006: 142, 143, fig. 4. Distribution: South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria District ( Meyrick 1908: 733) and Madagascar, Ranohira ( Parenti 2006: 142).

Four syntypes in BMNH.

4. Elachista delocharis Meyrick, 1932

Elachista delocharis Meyrick 1932a: 115 View in CoL ; Kaila 1999a: 167; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 138. Distribution: Ethiopia ( Meyrick 1932a: 115).

Holotype in BMNH.

5. Elachista gypsophila Meyrick, 1911

Elachista gypsophila Meyrick 1911: 233 View in CoL ; Vári & Kroon 1986: 40, 114, 158; Parenti 1988: 190, 195, 197, figs. 9, 20, 21; Kaila 1999a: 165; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140, Kemal & Koçak 2006: 4. Distribution: South Africa, Gauteng, Beynspoort near Pretoria ( Meyrick 1911: 233). Lectotype 3 and paralectotype Ƥ in TMSA.

6. Elachista inscia ( Meyrick, 1913) View in CoL

Mendesia inscia Meyrick 1913: 322 View in CoL ; Vári & Kroon 1986: 45, 127, 158; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Kemal &

Kocak 2006: 4.

Cosmiotes inscia (Meyrick) View in CoL ; Parenti 1988: 191, 195, 198, figs. 3, 26–28. Elachista inscia (Meyrick) View in CoL ; Kaila 1999a: 168; Sruoga 2002: 140. Distribution: South Africa, Mpumalanga, Barberton ( Meyrick 1913: 322). Lectotype 3 and 3 paralectotypes (13 and 2 specimens) in TMSA.

7. Elachista iriphaea (Meyrick, 1932) View in CoL

Labdia iriphaea Meyrick 1932b: 213 View in CoL . Elachista iriphaea (Meyrick) View in CoL ; Sinev 2002: 164. Distribution: Uganda ( Meyrick 1932b: 213). Holotype in BMNH.

8. Elachista justificata Meyrick, 1926 View in CoL

Elachista justificata Meyrick 1926: 340 View in CoL ; Vári & Kroon 1986: 47, 114, 158; Parenti 1988: 190, 195, 196, figs. 6, 18, 19; Vári et al. 2002: 40; Sruoga 2002: 140; Kemal & Koçak 2006: 4. Distribution: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cedarberg ( Meyrick 1926: 340). Holotype in SAMC.

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Kemal, M. & Kocak, A. O. (2006) List of Elachistidae species in South Africa (Lepidoptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers, 99, 3 - 5.

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Parenti, U. (2006) Elachista basii Parenti, a new species of Elachistidae from Nepal and Elachista crocogastra Meyrick in Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 34 (134), 141 - 144.

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Sruoga, V. (2002) Re-descriptions of two Meyrick's types of Elachista (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) from the Sub-Saharan Africa. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 49 (1), 137 - 141.

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Elachista