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SUBMITTER: Luz FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4141182 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Luz Fernando A FA Gonçalves Gislene L GL Moreira Gilson R P GR Becker Vitor O VO
ZooKeys 20140813 433
Three new cecidogenous species of Palaeomystella Fletcher (Lepidoptera, Momphidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest are described. Larvae of P. fernandesi Moreira & Becker, sp. n., P. rosaemariae Moreira & Becker, sp. n. and P. tavaresi Becker & Moreira, sp. n. induce galls, respectively, on Tibouchina sellowiana (Cham.) Cogn., T. asperior (Cham.) Cogn. and T. fissinervia (Schrank & Mart. ex DC.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae). Adults, immature stages and galls are illustrated, and data on life ...[more]