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Nepticuloidea
Stigmella alticosma Remeikis & Stonis in Stonis et al., 2016
Nomenclature
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Unranked: Core StigmellaUnranked: Stigmella epicosma group
Species:
Stigmella alticosma Remeikis & Stonis in Stonis et al., 2016
Usage:
valid
Type information:
Holotype: 1 ♂, PERU, Dept. Lima, 10 km N of Oyon, Quabrada Quichas, Pueblo Quichas, 10°34'17"S, 76°46'03"W, elevation ca. 4000 m, 24–26.ii.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. Diškus 188♂ (ZMUC).
type genitalia preparation:
Diškus188
Type depository:
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (ZMUC)
Etymology:
The species is named after other, closely similar species—Stigmella epicosma (Meyrick) but with a different Latin prefix alti (high) in reference to the occurrence of S. alticosma sp. nov. in high altitudes.