Acutitornus persectus spec. nov., a new species of gall-forming moth from the Northern Cape province of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Apatetrinae, Apatetrini)

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dc.contributor.author Kruger, M.
dc.contributor.author Scholtz, Clarke H.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-04-13T07:00:41Z
dc.date.available 2016-04-13T07:00:41Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description.abstract A new apatetrine gelechiid, Acutitornus persectus spec. nov., is described from the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The larvae of this species develop in stem galls in Stipagrostis namaquensis (Nees) (Poaceae), a grass species with the unusual defense mechanism of abscising leaves in response to insect or fungal attack. en_ZA
dc.description.department Zoology and Entomology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2016 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/nfi_ditsong en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation KRÜGER, M. and SCHOLTZ, C. H., 2015. Acutitornus persectus spec. nov., a new species of gall-forming moth from the Northern Cape province of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Apatetrinae, Apatetrini).Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 5: 56–61. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0041-1752
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51989
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Transvaal Museum en_ZA
dc.rights Transvaal Museum en_ZA
dc.subject Lepidoptera en_ZA
dc.subject Gelechiidae en_ZA
dc.subject New species en_ZA
dc.subject Stipagrostis galls en_ZA
dc.subject Afrotropical region en_ZA
dc.title Acutitornus persectus spec. nov., a new species of gall-forming moth from the Northern Cape province of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Apatetrinae, Apatetrini) en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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