A new species of seed-feeding Cuphodes Meyrick, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from South Africa

We describe a new species of Cuphodes Meyrick, 1897 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from South Africa, C. spermotrophus sp. nov., reared from fruits of Rhamnus prinoides L’Hér. (Rhamnaceae). This represents the first confirmed record of a seed-feeding Gracillariidae species from the African continent....

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Hauptverfasser:	Paolo Triberti, Rudi C. Swart, Simon van Noort, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Pensoft Publishers 2026-06-01
Schriftenreihe:	Nota Lepidopterologica
Schlagworte:	Afrotropical microlepidoptera COI DNA barcoding
Online-Zugang:	https://nl.pensoft.net/article/189942/download/pdf/
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