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Nepticuloidea
Stigmella pandora Remeikis & Stonis in Stonis et al., 2016
Nomenclature
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Unranked: Core StigmellaUnranked: Stigmella epicosma group
Species:
Stigmella pandora Remeikis & Stonis in Stonis et al., 2016
Usage:
valid
Type information:
Holotype: ♂, PERU, Dept. Ancash, 35 km SE Huaraz, Cerro Cahuish, Quabrada Pucavado, 9°40'50"S, 77°13'32"W, elevation 4100 m, 15–18.ii.1987, O. Karsholt, genitalia slide no. RA565♂ (ZMUC).
type genitalia preparation:
RA565
Type depository:
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (ZMUC)
Etymology:
The species name is derived from Greek Pandora (Pandora’s box), the artifact in mythology, in reference to the amazing diversity of the Andean Stigmella often represented by externally similar species, which may appear as separate distinct taxa only after dissection (like S. pandora sp. nov.).