Neolithocolletis nsengai

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Neolithocolletis nsengai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neolithocolletis
Species:
N. nsengai
Binomial name
Neolithocolletis nsengai
de Prins, 2012

Neolithocolletis nsengai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas-Congo province) in primary rain forest. [1]

The length of the forewings is 1.69–2.01 millimetres (0.067–0.079 in). [1] The forewing ground colour is golden ochreous with black markings without margins. [1] The hindwings are pale grey with a long and dense dark grey fringe gradually shortening towards the apex. [1] Adults are on wing from early April to late May. [1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Dalbergia hostilis . [1] The mine has the form of an oblong whitish or pale beige blotch-mine which is found on the base of the leaflet on the underside of the leaf. [1] Pupation takes place inside the mine within a circular white cocoon. [1]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Laurent Nsenga, the general managing director of the Luki-Mayumbe nature reserve and WWF. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jurate De Prins; Akito Y. Kawahara (20 December 2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Zootaxa . 3594 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3594.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q97576949.