New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Ecuador. Part 2
V.N. Kovtunovich
& P.Ya. Ustjuzhanin
Abstract. Five new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) are described from Ecuador: Platyptilia azuayensis sp. nov., Hellinsia juliae sp. nov., H. razboinikovi sp. nov., H. muratovi sp. nov., and H. elini sp. nov. Two species of Pterophoridae, Quadriptilia obscurodactyla Gielis, 1994 and Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874), are recorded from Ecuador for the first time.
Key words: South America, Ecuador, biodiversity, plume moths, Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, new records, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2024, 33(1): 85–91 ▪ Published online 6 June 2024
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2024.33.1.85 ▪ Open full article 
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