A New Species of Nanodacna Clarke (Lepidoptera: Elachistldae: Agonoxeninae) Feeding on the Seeds of Austrocedrus chilensis (Cupressaceae) in Andean Argentina

Authors

Jean-Francois Landry, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, CanadaFollow
David Adamski, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013- 7012, U.S.A.Follow

Date of this Version

2004

Comments

Published in Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 58(2),2004,100-113.

Abstract

Charaders of the adult, larva, and pupa of Nanodacna allstrocedrella Landry & Adamski, new species, are described and illustrated. The seed-feeding larvae cause damage to Andean Cedar, cipres de la cordillera [Austrocedrus chilcnsis (D. Don.) Fl. & Bout., Cupressaceae] in Chubut Province, Argentina. The species is compared to other species of Nanodacna and to species of Hornoeoprepes Walsingham from the Neotropics. Criteria for its inclusion in Nanodacna and the phylogenetic Significance of characters of immature stages for relationships within the Agonoxeninae are discussed.