Kruger, M.Scholtz, Clarke H.2016-04-132016-04-132015KRÜGER, 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: 56–61.0041-1752http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51989A 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.enTransvaal MuseumLepidopteraGelechiidaeNew speciesStipagrostis gallsAfrotropical regionArticle