A re-examination of the Portuguese Microlepidoptera collected by the Reverend A. E. Eaton in 1880

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2014
Authors:M. F. V. Corley, Goodey B.
Journal:Entomologist's Gazette
Volume:65
Pagination:15-25
Keywords:Ectoedemia haraldi, Ectoedemia suberis, Faunistics, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Opostegoides menthinella, Portugal, Pseudopostega crepusculella
Abstract:

A small collection of Microlepidoptera made by A. E. Eaton in Portugal in 1880 with specimens determined by H. T. Stainton has been re-examined. Sixty-one specimens belong to 43 species including one which cannot be safely named. Sixteen species mentioned by Stainton are misidentifications and 12 of these must be deleted from the Portuguese faunal list. Key words: Portugal, Microlepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Aroga, Aroga eatoni sp. nov., Eaton,Stainton.
Taxonomic name: 
Ectoedemia haraldi (Nepticuloidea), Ectoedemia suberis (Nepticuloidea), Nepticulidae (Nepticuloidea), Opostegidae (Nepticuloidea), Opostegoides menthinella (Nepticuloidea), Pseudopostega crepusculella (Nepticuloidea)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith