1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Liabum [Zucht des Holotypus]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2015: 576): “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 (possibly L. barclayae H. Rob.) 21.ii.2007, field card no. 4878, leg. A. Diškus, J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. AD705♂ (ZMUC). Paratypes: 1♂, 3♀, same label data as holotype, genitalia slides nos. AD615♂, AD 617♀, AD704♀ (ZMUC).”

3.2. Literatur

• 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.