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Gaedikermenia parasitica Gaedike 2018, comb. nov.

Description

Gaedikermenia parasitica (Meyrick, 1930), comb. nov.

(Fig. 21)

Epermenia parasitica Meyrick, 1930: 626;

Genus? parasitica Meyrick, 1930: Gaedike 1968: 626, figs 62–63.

Material studied. Queensland: 1 ♂, 26°41'S, 153°04'E, Buderim Qld, 16 Oct 1975, leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC. Distribution. Java: Buitenzorg (Gaedike, 1972), Australia: Queensland (first record from Australia). Bionomics. The larvae are leaf miners on Dendrophtoe pentandra L. (cited from label of type series).

Notes

Published as part of Gaedike, Reinhard, 2018, New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), pp. 33-50 in Zootaxa 4524 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/2610302

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ANIC
Event date
1975-10-16
Family
Epermeniidae
Genus
Gaedikermenia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gaedike
Species
parasitica
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1975-10-16
Taxonomic concept label
Gaedikermenia parasitica (Meyrick, 1930) sec. Gaedike, 2018

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1930) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (20). Taylor and Francis, London, 32 pp. [pp. 609 - 640]
  • Gaedike, R. (1968) Revision der Epermeniidae Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). Pacific Insects, 10 (3 / 4), 599 - 627, 69 figs.
  • Gaedike, R. (1972) Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Epermeniidae-Fauna Australiens und Ozeaniens. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 22 (3 / 6), 143 - 147, 9 figs.