The cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Authors
Landry, B
Citation
B. Landry, The cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, REV SUI ZOO, 108(3), 2001, pp. 513-539
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE
ISSN journal
0035418X → ACNP
Volume
108
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
513 - 539
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-418X(200109)108:3<513:TC(OTG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The Cosmopterigidae of the Galdpagos Islands include eight species: Cosmopt erix attenuatella (Walker, 1864), C. yvani sp. n., C. madeleinae sp. n., C. galapagosensis sp. n., Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham, 1882), Ithome volcan ica sp. n., Periploca longipenis sp. n., and Periploca darwini sp. n. The n ew species are described and all species are illustrated. Cosmopteryx [sic] apiculata Meyrick, 1922 is synonymized with C. attenuatella. Cosmopterix g alapagosensis was reared on Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. (Cyperac eae).