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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Kruger, M.
Scholtz, Clarke H.
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Transvaal Museum
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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.
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Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, New species, Stipagrostis galls, Afrotropical region
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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.