A new Antaeotricha species from Florida sandhills and scrub (Lepidoptera, Depressariidae, Stenomatinae)

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Quercus · Topics: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Antaeotricha floridella sp. n. is described and diagnosed from the closely similar A. albulella (Walker). The species is distributed in xeric sandhill and scrub habitats in peninsular Florida, USA, and larvae feed on Quercus species. Keys are given for pale-winged Stenomatinae and similar Gelechioidea based on external characters and genitalia.

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