Nemophora diakonoffi Kozlov, 2023

Kozlov, Mikhail V., 2023, A replacement name for Nemophora divina Diakonoff, 1951 (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) a secondary junior homonym of Nemophora divina (Caradja, 1939), Zootaxa 5231 (2), pp. 195-196 : 195-196

Nemophora diakonoffi Kozlov , nom. nov.

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Nemophora divina Diakonoff, 1951: 154‒156 , fig. 11 (male genitalia) [secondary junior homonym of Nemotois divina Caradja, 1939]. Holotype ♁: Indonesia, Java, Cisarua (6 o 40′ S, 106 o 59′ E); labelled: 4 × 6 mm, print + blue ink ‘Gen. No. | 1134’; 7 × 14 mm, print + black ink ‘ West Java, 1000 m │Mt Gede-│ Panggerrango │ Tjsarua Z[uid Est.] 21.v.1950 │ L. J. Toxopeus’; 14 × 16 mm, double black frame, print + black ink ‘TYPE: ♁ │ Nemophora │ divina │ A. Diakonoff 1950’; 16 × 19 mm, red paper, print + black ink ‘Museum Leiden │ HOLOTYPE ♁│ Nemophora │ divina │ Diakonoff 1951: 154 ’; 6 × 18 mm, print ‘ HOLOTYPE ♁ │ Nemophora │ diakonoffi Kozlov’ (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands) [examined].

Etymology. Named after Alexey Diakonoff (1907‒1989), a famous entomologist who substantially contributed to taxonomy of so-called ‘microlepidoptera’ ( van Helsdingen & van Nieukerken 1989) and, in particular, described the species for which a replacement name is suggested.

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FIGURE 1. Nemophora diakonoffi Kozlov, nom. nov., male, holotype. Scale: 2 mm.