A new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

By

Vargas, Héctor A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-10-5

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

41

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

199--205

Subjects

1919) , 1965) , Adesmia verrucosa Meyen , Fabaceae , Ypsolopha hydraea (Meyrick , Ypsolopha telluris (Clarke

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.41.28570

 

Abstract

Male and female adults ofYpsolophamolteniisp. n.(Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) are described and illustrated from the western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile. Larvae ofY.molteniifeed on inflorescences of the native shrubAdesmiaverrucosaMeyen (Fabaceae). This finding represent the first species ofYpsolophaLatreille, 1796 described from mainland Chile and the first species of this genus with larvae feeding on the highly diverse South American genusAdesmia.