1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Liabum sp. [Zucht des Holotypus]

In den Daten zum Typenmaterial steht zwar “mining larva on Liabum barclayae”, doch Stonis et al. (2018: 866) schränken ein: “Host plant.—Liabum Adans. (possibly L. barclayae H. Rob., det. Nixon Cumbicus Torres, UTPL) (Stonis et al. 2015a).”

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2015: 580): “Holotype: ♂, ECUADOR: Chimborazo Province, ca. 30 km NE Pallatanga, 1°52'41''S, 78°54'11''W, elevation 3025 m a.s.l., mining larva on Liabum barclayae H. Rob. 21.ii.2007, field card no. 4878, leg. A. Diškus, J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. AD616♂ (ZMUC). Paratypes: 3 ♂, same label data as holotype, genitalia slides nos. AD 613♂, AD703♂ (ZMUC).”

3.2. Literatur

• Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Katinas, L. & M. A. Solis (2018): Asteraceae: Host to the Greatest Diversity of Leafmining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America? — Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (4): 856-902.
• Erstbeschreibung: Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A. & A. Remeikis (2015): The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum, Asteraceae. — Zootaxa 4040 (5): 576-582.