@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 {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 {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.} } @article {6012, title = {A review of the Central and South American Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to Belize}, journal = {Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London. Entomology}, volume = {69}, number = {1}, year = {2000}, month = {2000-06-29}, pages = {3-114}, keywords = {Acalyptris, Acalyptris bicornutus, Acalyptris bifidus, Acalyptris bovicorneus, Acalyptris dividua, Acalyptris fortis, Acalyptris hispidus, Acalyptris lascuevella, Acalyptris laxibasis, Acalyptris martinheringi, Acalyptris novenarius, Acalyptris platygnathos, Acalyptris tenuijuxtus, Acalyptris trifidus, Acalyptris unicornis, Argentina, Belize, Chile, Colombia, distribution, Ectoedemia, Ectoedemia diskusi, Ectoedemia fuscivittata, Ectoedemia latipennata, Ectoedemia molybditis, Enteucha, Enteucha basidactyla, Enteucha contracolorea, Enteucha cyanochlora, Enteucha hilli, Enteucha snaddoni, Enteucha terricula, Enteucha trinaria, Fomoria, Fomoria diskusi, Fomoria latipennata, Fomoria molybditis, glaucolepis, Glaucolepis aerifica, Glaucolepis argentosa, Guyana, Lepidoptera, Manoneura, Manoneura trinaria, Neotropical region, Nepticulidae, Peru, Stigmella, Stigmella aerifica, Stigmella albilamina, Stigmella andina, Stigmella barbata, Stigmella costalimai, Stigmella cuprata, Stigmella epicosma, Stigmella eurydesma, Stigmella eurydesma species group, Stigmella fuscilamina, Stigmella gossypii, Stigmella guittonae, Stigmella hamata, Stigmella hylomaga, Stigmella imperatorial, Stigmella johannis, Stigmella kimae, Stigmella marmorea, Stigmella molybditis, Stigmella olyritis, Stigmella ovate, Stigmella peruanica, Stigmella plumosetaeella, Stigmella pruinosa, Stigmella rudis, Stigmella schoorli, Trifurcula aerifica, Trifurcula argentosa, Venezuela}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/76459}, author = {Puplesis, R. K. and Robinson, G. S.} }