Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, 2016

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Karsholt, Ole & Torres, Nixon Cumbicus, 2017, Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia), Zootaxa 4257 (1), pp. 1-70 : 29

15. Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, 2016

( Figs 1 , 34 , 37 )

Stigmella altiplanica Diškus & Stonis, in Stonis et al. 2016d: 39 , figs 98–102.

Material examined. 1 ♂ (holotype), PERU, Dept. Ancash, 35 km SE Huaraz, Cerro Cahuish , 9°40'50"S, 77°13'32"W, 4100 m, Quabrada Pucavado, 15–18.ii.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. AD 647♂ ( ZMUC) .

Diagnosis. The combination of set of four large cornuti with a cluster of small spine-like cornuti, squareshaped uncus, and speckled, 4.5 mm long forewing distinguishes S. altiplanica from all other Stigmella species.

Male ( Fig. 34 ). Described in Stonis et al. 2016d: 39, figs 98, 99. Forewing length 4.5 mm; wingspan about 9.5–9.6 mm.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia. Illustrated in Stonis et al. 2016d: figs 100–102.

Bionomics. Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.

Distribution ( Fig. 1 ). This species occurs high in the Peruvian Andes ( Peru: Ancash Departamento) at altitudes about 4100 m.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Adults of central Andean Nepticulidae.

FIGURE 37. Diagnostics of the central Andean Stigmella.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Distribution of the central Andean Nepticulidae. 1, high-Andean species recorded at altitudes above 3700 m (after Stonis et al. 2016 d); 2, species recorded at altitudes below 3700 m; 3 – 8, some collecting areas in the Peruvian Andes.