Gibbovalva Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

Sruoga, Virginijus & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, New species, new country distribution records, and a new generic combination of Afrotropical Acrocercopinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 5285 (1), pp. 75-115 : 99

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scientific name	Gibbovalva Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
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Gibbovalva Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 View in CoL View at ENA

Gibbovalva Kumata & Kuroko, 1988b: 3 View in CoL . Type species: Gracilaria quadrifasciata Stainton, 1862 .

The genus Gibbovalva View in CoL , comprising 10 species, is distributed in Asia, Australia and 2 species are known from Sub-Saharan Africa. Here we used the following characters as diagnostic for Gibbovalva View in CoL : (1) antennal scape with flap of scales; (2) valva with costal process; (3) corpus bursae usually without signum.

References

Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. (1988 b) Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part II. Insecta Matsumurana, 40, 1 - 133.

Stainton, H. T. (1862) Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1 (3), 291 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1862. tb 00607. x