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Leucocercops Vari 1961

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Leucocercops Vári, 1961 This genus was established by Vári (1961) solely for L. dasmophora (Meyrick, 1908), which is known from South Africa and has unknown biology. The author defined it as a genus closely related to the Acrocercops -group but with a somewhat unique position due to the distinct structure of both the male and female genitalia, as well as the forewing pattern, which resembles Phyllonorycter and is uncommon in Acrocercopinae. During the current research, three specimens initially identified as L. dasmophora were collected. Subsequent barcodes revealed that there are actually two genetically divergent BINs (BOLD:ABW0940 and AEC3184) with a divergence of 9.78%. A more detailed examination of the forewing pattern and genitalia confirmed that they were two separate species, one of which is new to science and is described below.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14041084

Authors: Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos

Institutions: Université de Tours, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte UMR 7261

Language: English

Topic: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6893085341

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