Description of a new species of the genus Rhopalovalva Kuznetzov (Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) from Japan

Yoshitsugu Nasu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.10

Description of a new species of the genus Rhopalovalva Kuznetzov (Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) from Japan

Zootaxa. 2021 Feb 25;4938(1):zootaxa.4938.1.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.10.

Author

Yoshitsugu Nasu¹

Affiliation

¹ Environmental Entomology and Zoology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531 Japan.. user@example.com.

PMID: 33756991
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.10

Abstract

Rhopalovalva chidorinoki Nasu, sp. nov. is described from Japan, with the photographs of the adult and genitalia. The diagnostic characters of the new species are given with comparison with the allied species, R. exartemana (Kennel, 1901).

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Eucosmini, Rhopalovalva chidorinoki sp. nov., Tortricidae, Taxonomy.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Genitalia
Japan
Lepidoptera*
Moths*