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Vavizola hela – new species and genus of Afrotropic Lasiocampini (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2023
Authors:A. M. Prozorov, Prozorova, T. A., Nedoshivina, S. V., Yakovlev, R. V., Volkova, J. S., Saldaitis, A., Revay, E. E., Müller, G. C.
Journal:Ecologica Montenegrina
Volume:62
Start Page:55
Pagination:55-66
Date Published:04/2023
Keywords:BARCODING, CATALOGUE, COI, FEMALE GENITALIA, KENYA, LASIOCAMPIDAE, MALE GENITALIA, MTDNA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, VAVIZOLA, WING PATTERN
Abstract:

"A new genus Vavizola gen. n. and a new species Vavizola hela sp. n. are described from southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They belong to the former so-called “Pachypasa sensu lato” group. Morphology of the new genus is compared with 5 other genera from the group and the full-length sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) are compared with 9 genera from the group, both confirm the description."

URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.8
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