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. 2017 Mar 20;4244(3):355-366.
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.4.

A new species of Rhigognostis (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae) from the Canary Islands

Edward Baraniak  1 , Knud Larsen, Wojciech Kubasik, Tomasz Grzegorczyk
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A new species of Rhigognostis (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae) from the Canary Islands

Edward Baraniak et al. Zootaxa. .

Abstract

Rhigognostis canariella sp. nov. is described from the Canary Islands on the basis of five females. The morphological micro structures of the female genitalia are figured. An illustrative diagnostic summary for three allied congeners, R. annulatella(Curtis, 1832), R. kovacsi (Gozmány, 1952) and R. schmaltzella (Zetterstedt, 1839) is provided.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, distribution, morphology, new species, Rhigognostis canariella, taxonomy.

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