Center for Systematic Entomology

Review of Nealyda Dietz (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Apatetrinae) with description of a new species from the Florida Keys

LepidopteraGelechiidaeApatetrinae

  • Sidney V. Bennett

    Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture – Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608 USA

  • James E. Hayden

    Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture – Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608 USA

ZooBank
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3A1AD0AF-0026-470A-8D9B-1C70B9CF3B37
Keywords
Caribbean Region, Caryophyllales, sacculus, vinculum

Abstract

Nealyda grandipinella Bennett and Hayden, new species, is described from Big Pine Key, Florida, USA. Photographs of the adult and of male and female genitalia are provided for N. grandipinella and its congeners within the state of Florida. Nealyda Dietz (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is provisionally transferred from Anomologinae to Apatetrinae based on characters of the genitalia. The homology and terminology of the processes arising from the vinculum of gelechiid genitalia are explored. The potential host plant of the new species is discussed, along with other undescribed species of Nealyda.

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