Spulerina Vári, 1961

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 : 102

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Spulerina Vári, 1961 View in CoL View at ENA

Spulerina Vári, 1961: 181 View in CoL . Type species: Ornix simploniella Fischer von R̂slerstamm, 1840, see also Nye & Fletcher (1991: 284).

There are 26 species included in the genus distributed in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and one species is known from Europe. Here we used the following characters as diagnostic for the Spulerina View in CoL : (1) antennal scape with flap of scales; (2) valva with one short comb with spreading teeth on inner surface; (3) median sclerotization of the dorsocephalic apodeme of male abdominal segment VIII extending onto tergum.

References

Nye, I. W. B. & Fletcher, D. S. (1991) The generic names of moths of the World. Volume 6 Microlepidoptera. Natural History Museum, London, xxix + 368 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119516

Vari, L. (1961) South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. Transvaal Museum Memoir, 12, 1 - 238.