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The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum , Asteraceae
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Two new new species from the Andes (Ecuador) are described and the male genitalia of both species and the female genitalia, as well as the leaf-mines of S. serpantina sp.Abstract:
First Liabum Adans. (Asteraceae) feeding Nepticulidae are reported. Two new new species from the Andes (Ecuador) are described: Stigmella serpantina Diskus & Stonis, sp. nov. and S. pangorica Diskus & Stonis, sp. nov. The male genitalia of both species and the female genitalia, as well the leaf-mines of S. serpantina sp. nov. are illustrated.read more
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Leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from record high altitudes: documenting an entire new fauna in the Andean páramo and puna.
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The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America
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TL;DR: The first Nepticulidae species found to feed on Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) is recorded, and six new Stigmella Schrank species feeding on BacCharis are described.