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Three new Opogona species with wing reduction from St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae)


Timm Karisch
Liza Fowler
Natasha Stevens
Amy-Jayne Dutton

Abstract

Three new species of Opogona Zeller, 1853 from St Helena Island with wing reduction are described; Opogona ashmolei Karisch & Fowler, sp. nov., Opogona squamata Karisch & Stevens, sp. nov. and Opogona exiguata Karisch & Dutton, sp. nov. All these species were found in the semi-desert areas in the Eastern Part of the island, where the larva of O. ashmolei Karisch & Fowler, sp. nov. feeds on Suaeda fruticosa.


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