@article {8228, title = {The Ando-Patagonian Stigmella magnispinella group (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) with description of new species from Ecuador, Peru and Argentina}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4200}, number = {4}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-12-01}, pages = {561-579}, edition = {2016-12-01}, abstract = {

On the basis of morphological studies of collection samples from the Andes (Ecuador, Peru and Argentina), we describe five new species of Stigmella Schrank (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): S. varispinella Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov. (Ecuador), S. olekarsholti Remeikis Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. magnispinella Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov. (Peru), S. dolia Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov., and S. patagonica Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov. (Argentina). All treated taxa belong to the newly designated S. magnispinella group. Images of adults and genitalia, pictorial keys, a distribution map , and photographs of the leaf-mines of S. olekarsholti are included. \ 

}, keywords = {Andes, Argentina, Ecuador, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, Peru, Stigmella dolia, Stigmella magnispinella, Stigmella magnispinella group, Stigmella olekarsholti, Stigmella patagonica, Stigmella varispinella}, isbn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.7}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4200.4.7}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R. and Remeikis, Andrius and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Gerulaitis, Virginijus} } @article {8224, title = {Leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from record high altitudes: documenting an entire new fauna in the Andean p{\'a}ramo and puna}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4181}, number = {1}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-11-01}, pages = {1-94}, edition = {2016-11-01}, abstract = {

The monograph treats 29 species of leaf-mining pygmy moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) discovered in the northern Andean bush and grass p\áramo and the central Andean puna at altitudes above 3700 m. They represent the world\’s highest-altitudinal Nepticulidae fauna known. The height record belongs to Stigmella nivea sp. nov. from Peru collected at an elevation of 4700 m. Except for one species, all belong to Stigmella Schrank. Twenty-two of the species recorded are new and are named and described in the current paper: Stigmella paramica Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. lachemillae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. gynoxyphaga Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. calceolariae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. rigida Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. altiplanica Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. robusta Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. pseudorobusta Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. auriargentata Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. altimontana Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. pandora Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. ampla Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. evanida Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. mustelina Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. angusta Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. alticosma Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. nivea Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. kristenseni Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. lobata Remeikis \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. ageratinae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; S. clinopodiella Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov.; and S. calceolarifoliae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov. Some of these species are leaf-miners on Asteraceae (Pentacalia, Baccharis, Gynoxys, and Ageratina plants), Calceolariaceae (Calceolaria), Lamiaceae (Clinopodium), and Rosaceae (Lachemilla).Twenty species are known only from adults with no data on their biology and host-plants. In addition, we present data and discuss recently discovered nepticulid taxa associated with Polylepis forests that is the natural vegetation in much of the High Andes. All High-Andean Stigmella species treated are illustrated with photographs of the adults and genitalia, distribution maps, including some with photographs of the leaf-mines and habitats.

}, keywords = {Andes, Ecuador, Glaucolepis aerifica, hostplants, Leafminers, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, Peru, Stigmella, Stigmella ageratinae, Stigmella alticosma, Stigmella altimontana, Stigmella altiplanica, Stigmella ampla, Stigmella andina, Stigmella angusta, Stigmella auriargentata, Stigmella calceolariae, Stigmella calceolarifoliae, Stigmella clinopodiella, Stigmella confertae, Stigmella evanida, Stigmella gynoxyphaga, Stigmella imperatoria, Stigmella kristenseni, Stigmella lachemillae, Stigmella lobata, Stigmella marmorea, Stigmella mustelina, Stigmella nivea, Stigmella pandora, Stigmella paramica, Stigmella pseudorobusta, Stigmella rigida, Stigmella robusta, Stigmella schoorli, Stigmella tripartita}, isbn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4181.1.1}, url = {http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4181.1.1}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Remeikis, Andrius and Gerulaitis, Virginijus and Karsholt, Ole} } @article {8220, title = {A review and check list of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)}, journal = {Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London. EntomologyBulletin of the Natural History Museum London. Entomology}, volume = {71}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, month = {2002-06-27}, pages = {59-76}, abstract = {Fieldwork in 2000-200 1 has added substantially to our knowledge of the Nepticulidae of the upper Amazon basin and the Andes and increased the number of species known from the Neotropical Region from 58 to 74. Two species - Manoneura basidactyla (Davis) and Ectoedemia fuscivittata Puplesis \& Robinson -are recorded from equatorial America for the first time here and are redescribed, with amplified descriptions and illustrations. A revised checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae is given together with an updated distribution map for Central and Southern America. Fomoria latipennata Puplesis \& Robinson is transferred to Acalyptris, comb. n. Four new species groups (Stigmella tiliella-group, S. barbata-group, Fomoria molybditis-group and Acalyptris latipennata-group) are defined. Hostplant data are reviewed and further hostplant genera from which mines or cocoons have been collected are noted. The diversity and distribution of the Neotropical Nepticulidae are discussed.SY: Acalyptris-latipennata ( Puplesis-and-Robinson-2000- ) ( Nepticulidae- ) : Comb-nov, Transferred-from-Fomoria, p.-66;Acalyptris-latipennata-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-66;Ectoedemia-fuscivittata-Pupleis-and-Robinson-2000 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Redescription-, P.-62;Fomoria-latipennata-Puplesis-and-Robinson-2000 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Referred-to, Acalyptris-, p.-66;Fomoria-molybditis-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-66;Manoneura-basidactyla ( Davis-1978 ) ( Nepticulidae- ) : Redescription-, P.-61;Stigmella-barbata-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-63;Stigmella-tiliella-group ( Nepticulidae- ) : New-species-group, P.-63}, keywords = {Acalyptris latipennata, Acalyptris latipennata group, checklist, Ectoedemia fuscivittata, Ecuador, Enteucha basidactyla, Fomoria latipennata, Fomoria molybditis group, hostplant data, Lepidoptera, Manoneura basidactyla, Mexico, Neotropics, Nepticulidae, New record, Stigmella barbata group, Stigmella tiliella group, USA}, author = {Puplesis, Rimantas and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Robinson, Gaden S. and Onore, Giovanni} } @article {8217, title = {Do leaf-mining Nepticulidae occur in the~natural but so threatened Andean Polylepis forests?}, journal = {Biologija}, volume = {62}, year = {2016}, month = {September-2016}, pages = {83-97}, abstract = {

Despite the\  fact that Polylepis forests constitute the\  natural but threatened vegetation in much of the\  high Andes and are very important for their ecological functions, no leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea) associated with Polylepis Ruiz\  \&\  Pav. as a\  host-plant have been recorded previously. In this paper, for the first time, we report on four discoveries of Polylepis-feeding Nepticulidae species in Ecuador and Peru. From the high Andes of Peru, we describe a new species Stigmella polylepiella Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., whose larvae throughout all instars are leaf-miners in leaves of Polylepis racemosa Ruiz \& Pav. and spin a unique shaped cocoon inside the leaf-mine. We also provide illustrations and short descriptions of male genitalia and leaf-mines of two other new Stigmella Schrank species, whose larvae are leaf-miners on Polylepis pauta Hieron. in Ecuador; these two taxa are documented but left unnamed because they are described from dissected developed pupae, not emerged adults. Additionally, we document leaf-mines of an unknown Nepticulidae taxon associated with Polylepis racemosa in the Peruvian Andes.

}, keywords = {Conservation, Ecuador, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, Peru, Rosaceae, Stigmella polylepiella}, issn = {1392-0146}, doi = {10.6001/biologija.v62i2.3334}, url = {http://lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/biologija/article/view/3334}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R. and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Remeikis, Andrius and Karsholt, Ole} } @article {7859, title = {A review and check list of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)}, journal = {Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London. Entomology}, volume = {71}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, note = {Acalyptris-amazonius-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-32;Acalyptris-articulosus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-30;Acalyptris-basihastatus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-29;Acalyptris-ecuadoriana-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-27;Acalyptris-insolentis-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-33;Acalyptris-onorei-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-28;Acalyptris-pseudohastatus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-30;Acalyptris-rotundus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-31;Enteucha-acuta-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-21;Enteucha-guajavae-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-22;Fomoria-repanda-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-26;Fomoria-tabulosa-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-27;Stigmella-austroamericana-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-25;Stigmella-montanotropica-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-23;Stigmella-nubimontana-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-24;Stigmella-rubeta-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-24}, month = {2002-06-27}, pages = {59-76}, abstract = {

Fieldwork in 2000-2001 has added substantially to our knowledge of the Nepticulidae of the upper Amazon basin and the Andes and increased the number of species known from the Neotropical Region from 58 to 74. Two species - Manoneura basidactyla (Davis) and Ectoedemia fuscivittata Puplesis \& Robinson -are recorded from equatorial America for the first time here and are redescribed, with amplified descriptions and illustrations. A revised checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae is given together with an updated distribution map for Central and Southern America. Fomoria latipennata Puplesis \& Robinson is transferred to Acalyptris, comb. n. Four new species groups (Stigmella tiliella-group, S. barbata-group, Fomoria molybditis-group and Acalyptris latipennata-group) are defined. Hostplant data are reviewed and further hostplant genera from which mines or cocoons have been collected are noted. The diversity and distribution of the Neotropical Nepticulidae are discussed.

}, keywords = {Acalyptris latipennata, Acalyptris latipennata group, checklist, Ectoedemia fuscivittata, Ecuador, Enteucha basidactyla, Fomoria latipennata, Fomoria molybditis group, hostplant data, Lepidoptera, Manoneura basidactyla, Mexico, Neotropics, Nepticulidae, New record, Stigmella barbata group, Stigmella tiliella group, USA}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/76406}, author = {Puplesis, R. and Di{\v s}kus, A. and Robinson, G. S. and Onore, G.} } @article {8192, title = {The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4136}, number = {1}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-07-05}, pages = {101-128}, edition = {2016-07-05}, abstract = {

We record the first Nepticulidae species found to feed on Baccharis L. (Asteraceae). Despite the high species richness of Baccharis in the Western Hemisphere, no nepticulid has ever been recorded feeding on Baccharis. In this paper we describe six new Stigmella Schrank species feeding on Baccharis: S. emarginatae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. bipartita Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. tripartita Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. latifoliae Remeikis, Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., S. baccharicola Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov., and S. confertae Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov. The remaining two taxa are left unnamed. All taxa are illustrated with photographs of adults, their genitalia, and their leaf-mines. Additionally, leaf-mines on Baccharis salicifolia are documented.

}, keywords = {Asteraceae, Baccharis, Colombia, Ecuador, leaf-mines, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, South America, Stigmella baccharicola, Stigmella bipartita, Stigmella confertae, Stigmella emarginatae, Stigmella latifoliae, Stigmella tripartita}, isbn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4136.1.4}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Remeikis, Andrius and Davis, Donald R. and Solis, M. Alma and Torres, Nixon Cumbicus} } @article {8173, title = {New taxa, including three new genera show uniqueness of Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {628}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-10-31}, pages = {1{\textendash}63}, abstract = {

After finding distinct clades in a molecular phylogeny for Nepticulidae that could not be placed in any known genera and discovering clear apomorphic characters that define these clades, as well as a number of Neotropical species that could be placed in known genera but were undescribed, three new genera and nine new species are here described from the Neotropics: Stigmella gallicola van Nieukerken \& Nishida sp. n. reared from galls on Hampea appendiculata (Malvaceae) in Costa Rica, representing the first example of a gall making Stigmella; S. schinivora van Nieukerken sp. n. reared from leafmines on Schinus terebinthifolia (Anacardiaceae) in Argentina, Misiones; S. costaricensis van Nieukerken \& Nishida sp. n. and S. intronia van Nieukerken \& Nishida sp. n. each from a single specimen collected the same night in Costa Rica, Parque Nacional Chirrip\ó; S. molinensis van Nieukerken \& Snyers sp. n. reared from leafmines on Salix humboldtiana, Peru, Lima, the first Neotropical species of the Stigmella salicis group sensu stricto; Ozadelpha van Nieukerken gen. n. with type species O. conostegiae van Nieukerken \& Nishida sp. n., reared from leafmines on Conostegia oerstediana (Melastomataceae) from Costa Rica; Neotrifurcula van Nieukerken gen. n. with type species N. gielisorum van Nieukerken sp. n. from Chile; Hesperolyra van Nieukerken gen. n.. with type species Fomoria diskusi Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000; Hesperolyra saopaulensis van Nieukerken sp. n., reared from an unidentified Myrtaceae, Sao Paulo, Brasil; and Acalyptris janzeni van Nieukerken \& Nishida sp. n. from Costa Rica, Guanacaste. Five new combinations are made: Ozadelpha ovata (Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000) comb. n. and Ozadelpha guajavae (Puplesis \& Di\škus, 2002) comb. n., Hesperolyra diskusi (Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000) comb. n., Hesperolyra molybditis (Zeller, 1877) comb. n. and Hesperolyra repanda (Puplesis \& Di\škus, 2002) comb. n. Three specimens are briefly described, but left unnamed: Ozadelpha specimen EvN4680, Neotrifurcula specimen EvN4504 and Neotrifurcula specimen RH2.

}, keywords = {Acalyptris janzeni, Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Conostegia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fomoria diskusi, galls, Hesperolyra, Hesperolyra diskusi, Hesperolyra molybditis, Hesperolyra repanda, Hesperolyra saopaulensis, Melastomataceae, Neotrifurcula, Neotrifurcula EvN4504, Neotrifurcula gielisorum, Neotrifurcula specimen RH2, Neotropical region, New genus, New species, Ozadelpha, Ozadelpha conostegiae, Ozadelpha EvN4680, Ozadelpha guajavae, Ozadelpha ovata, South America, Stigmella costaricensis, Stigmella gallicola, Stigmella intronia, Stigmella molinensis, Stigmella schinivora}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.628.9805}, author = {Nieukerken, Erik J. van and Doorenweerd, Camiel and Nishida, Kenji and Snyers, Chris} } @article {7877, title = {The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum , Asteraceae}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4040}, number = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-11-13}, pages = {576-582}, edition = {2015-11-13}, abstract = {

First Liabum Adans. (Asteraceae) feeding Nepticulidae are reported. Two new new species from the Andes (Ecuador) are described: Stigmella serpentina Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov. and S. pangorica Di\škus \& Stonis, sp. nov. The male genitalia of both species and the female genitalia, as well the leaf-mines of S. serpantina sp. nov. are illustrated. \ 

}, keywords = {Ecuador, leaf-mines, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, Stigmella pangorica, Stigmella serpentina}, isbn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.6}, author = {Stonis, Jonas R and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Remeikis, Andrius} } @article {7859, title = {New Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the western Amazonian rainforest and the Andes of Ecuador}, journal = {Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London. Entomology}, volume = {71}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, note = {Acalyptris-amazonius-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-32;Acalyptris-articulosus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-30;Acalyptris-basihastatus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-29;Acalyptris-ecuadoriana-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-27;Acalyptris-insolentis-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-33;Acalyptris-onorei-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-28;Acalyptris-pseudohastatus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-30;Acalyptris-rotundus-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-31;Enteucha-acuta-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-21;Enteucha-guajavae-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-22;Fomoria-repanda-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-26;Fomoria-tabulosa-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-27;Stigmella-austroamericana-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-25;Stigmella-montanotropica-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-23;Stigmella-nubimontana-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-24;Stigmella-rubeta-Puplesis-and-Di{\v s}kus-2002 ( Nepticulidae- ) : Sp-nov, Ecuador-, P.-24}, month = {2002-06-27}, pages = {19-58}, abstract = {Fieldwork in 2000-2001 in the upper Amazon basin and the Andes (Ecuador) has yielded 16 new species of Nepticulidae, described here. Four genera are represented: Enteucha Meyrick (two species: E. acuta. E. guajavae), Stigmella Schrank (four species: S. montanotropica, S. nubimontana, S. rubeta, S. austroamericand), Fomoria Beime (two species: F. repanda, F. tabulosa) and Acalyptris Meyrick (8 species: A. ecuadoriana, A. onorei, A. basihastatus, A. pseudohastatus, A. articulosus, A. rotundas. A. amazonius, A. insolentis); the authors of all new taxa are Puplesis \& Diskus. Larvae have been reared from three genera of different plant families: Psidium (Myrtaceae), Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) and Rubus (Rosaceae). The adult moths of all 16 species treated are illustrated in black and white, with line drawings of genitalia and. for four species, drawings of leaf-mines.}, keywords = {Acalyptris, Acalyptris amazonius, Acalyptris articulosus, Acalyptris basihastatus, Acalyptris ecuadoriana, Acalyptris insolentis, Acalyptris onorei, Acalyptris pseudohastatus, Acalyptris rotundus, Ecuador, Enteucha, Enteucha acuta, Enteucha guajavae, Fomoria, Fomoria repanda, Fomoria tabulosa, Lepidoptera, Neotropics, Nepticulidae, New species, Stigmella, Stigmella austroamericana, Stigmella montanotropica, Stigmella nubimontana, Stigmella rubeta}, author = {Puplesis, R. and Di{\v s}kus, A. and Robinson, G. S.} } @article {7835, title = {Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {1915}, number = {2}, year = {1915}, month = {1915-08-05}, pages = {201-256}, keywords = {British Guiana, Ecuador, Enteucha cyanochlora, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, New species, Opostegidae, Peru, Pseudopostega acidata, Pseudopostega microlepta, Pseudopostega paromias, Pseudopostega pontifex, Pseudopostega sacculata, South America, Stigmella andina, Stigmella cuprata, Stigmella epicosma, Stigmella eurydesma, Stigmella olyritis, Trifurcula aerifica}, author = {Meyrick, E.} } @proceedings {7590, title = {The first photographic documentation and new data on Enteucha guajavae (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), a pest of guava from equatorial America}, year = {2014}, pages = {65-74}, publisher = {Edukologija Publishers}, address = {Vilnius}, abstract = {Pygmy moths (Nepticulidae) are economically important because these insects are often recognized as pestsor potential pests (dozens of species have been listed as pests of cultivated plants, see Kuznetzov \& Puplesis,1994). This article deals with a previously poorly known leaf-miner of Enteucha Meyrick, a pest of guava.The common guava (Psidium guajava, Myrtaceae) (or guayaba in Spanish) is one of the most popularfruit trees (particularly in Latin America). The guava is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropicalregions around the world, although it is native to the Neotropics (Central America and probably morewidespread). It is an evergreen small tree or shrub, which florishes in a moist tropical environment but cantolerate drought conditions.The small genus Enteucha, belonging to the plant-mining (predominantly leaf-mining) family Nepticulidae,includes several described species, the majority of which are known from the Neotropics: E. cyanochloraMeyrick, 1915; E. gilvafascia (Davis, 1978); E. hilli Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000; E. contracoloreaPuplesis \& Robinson, 2000; E. terricula Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000; E. snaddoni Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000;E. acuta Puplesis \& Di{\v s}kus, 2002; and E. guajavae Puplesis \& Di{\v s}kus, 2002 (Puplesis \& Robinson, 2000;Puplesis et al., 2002b). Although the biology and host-plants of most of the species are still unknown, thelatter species {\textendash} E. guajavae {\textendash} was described from reared material as a monophagous leaf-miner on Psidiumguajava (Puplesis et al., 2002a). To date this is only guava-feeding species among Nepticulidae; however,after the species first discovery in 2001, no more data on E. guajavae have been published or collected. Ourrecent searches for plant-mining larvae on Psidium guajava in Bucay (a type locality of E. guajavae) andother localities of central Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico have brought no results (except fora few empty old leaf-mines observed at the type locality in March{\textendash}April 2005 and 2007). This could bebecause our searches were either too sporadic (seldom and unfocused) , or because of the restricted distributionsof the species.A recent business trip to La Universidad T{\'e}cnica Particular de Loja (southern Ecuador), undertaken inFebruary 2014 by the first two authors, has resulted in the rediscovery of E. guajavae and revealed new dataon the species biology, distribution and female morphology.In the original description of the species (see Puplesis et al., 2002a), the ink drawings of the genitaliaare quite accurate but they did not show all details of the female genitalia or leaf-mines. Here, on the basisof new material, we present a re-description of E. guajavae, with the first photographic documentation ofthe leaf-mines, adults, and genitalia.}, keywords = {Ecuador, Enteucha guajavae, host plant, Lepidoptera, Myrtaceae, Nepticulidae}, author = {Remeikis, Andrius and Stonis, Jonas Rimantas and Di{\v s}kus, Arunas and Davis, Donald R.}, editor = {Stonis, Jonas Rimantas} }