A new species of Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Morocco

By

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-11-18

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

45

Pages

295--303

Subjects

Apatetrini , check-list , Palearctic region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.45.95198

 

Abstract

Metanarsia moroccanasp. nov. is described from Eastern Morocco. The species is remarkable in having an unmodified recurved labial palpus and the adults active in October. Adults and male genitalia of the new species are illustrated, and the adults compared with the most superficially similar Metanarsia dahurica Bidzilya, 2005. An annotated list of the species of Metanarsia is provided.