Ectoedemia diskusi

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Hesperolyra diskusi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was originally described as Fomoria diskusi by Puplesis & Robinson in 2000, based on a male holotype collected in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas, Cayo District, Belize.

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In 2016, van Nieukerken, Stonis, Remeikis & Diškus established the genus Hesperolyra, designating H. diskusi as its type species.

Description

Adults are recognized by a pale costal streak forming an oblique fascia at two-thirds of the forewing, and distinctive features in the male genitalia. [1]

Distribution

The species is only known from Belize. The larval host plant has not yet been documented. [2]

Taxonomy

References

  1. 1 2 van Nieukerken, E.J.; Stonis, J.R.; Remeikis, A.; Diškus, A. (2016). "New Neotropical Nepticulidae: thirty new species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from South and Central America". ZooKeys (628): 1–139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.628.9799 . PMC   5126388 . PMID   27917038.
  2. Stonis, J.R.; Diškus, A.; Remeikis, A.; Navickaitė, A. (2019). "New species and records of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from South America, with an updated checklist". ZooKeys (882): 1–128. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.882.35418 (inactive 25 August 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link)
  3. Puplesis, R.; Robinson, G.S. (2000). "A review and checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from Central and South America". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Entomology Series. 69: 3–114.