Acrolepiopsis nagaimo YASUDA, 2000

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2016, New and poorly known Acrolepiinae from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 257-264 : 260

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.257-264
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5879615
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scientific name	Acrolepiopsis nagaimo YASUDA, 2000
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The examination of some undetermined specimens from Nepal shows that nagaimo , described from Japan, has been found for the first time in Nepal. Perhaps it was introduced with the host plant Dioscorea opposita .

Examined material: 1 , Nepal, Kathmandu - Chauni , 1400 m, 27.v.1967, leg. Dierl - Forster - Schacht; ZSM ; 1 , Nepal, Kathmandu Valley , Godavari, 1600–1800 m, 5.–7.viii.1967, leg. Dierl - Forster - Schacht; ZSM ; 1 , Nepal, Centr., N, Mailung Khota , 1050 m, 24.x.1995, leg. M. Fibiger; ZMUC .

References

YASUDA, K. 2000: A new species of the genus Acrolepiopsis GAEDIKE (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) injurious to Chinese yam and its closely allied species from Japan. - Applied Entomology and Zoology 35 (4): 419 - 425, 13 figs.

Abbreviations

ZSM	Germany, Muenchen [= Munich], Zoologische Staatssammlung
ZMUC	Denmark, Kobenhavn [= Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum
ZSM	Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
ZMUC	Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen