Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America

STONIS, J.; DISKUS, ARUNAS; REMEIKIS, ANDRIUS; KATINAS, L.

ZOOTAXA

MAGNOLIA PRESS

Lugar: Auckland; Año: 2019 vol. 4691 p. 1 - 32

1175-5326

We describe seven new Neotropical species of Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria dondavisi Stonis & Di?kus, sp. nov., A.bacchariphaga Di?kus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. guatemalica Di?kus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. sanjosei Stonis & Di?kus, sp.nov., A. truncata Di?kus & Stonis, sp. nov., Coptotriche parvisacculata Di?kus & Stonis, sp. nov. and C. carmencita Stonis & Di?kus, sp. nov. We report the discovery of Coptotriche Walsingham in South America and provide the followingnew host-plant records for the Neotropical Tischeriidae: Terminalia australis Cambess. (Combretaceae), Baccharis latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers., and B. emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). We update the biology of Astrotischeria ochrimaculosa Di?kus, Stonis & Vargas with the discovery that Wissadula (Malvaceae) is a new, verified host plant. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and, if available, female genitalia, and the leaf mines. We expect broader distributions of tisheriid species in South America inferred from known host-plant distribu