Two new species for the Afrotropic genus Leptometa: Leptometa danieli and Leptometa gabrielae (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

Harald Sulak; Aidas Saldaitis; Roman V. Yakovlev; Julia S. Volkova; Mohamed M. Traore; GÜnter C. MÜller; Edita E. Revay; Tatiana A. Prozorova; Alexey M. Prozorov

doi:10.37828/em.2024.71.5

Two new species for the Afrotropic genus Leptometa: Leptometa danieli and Leptometa gabrielae (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

Harald Sulak, Aidas Saldaitis, Roman V. Yakovlev, Julia S. Volkova, Mohamed M. Traore, GÜnter C. MÜller, Edita E. Revay, Tatiana A. Prozorova, Alexey M. Prozorov

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Two new species of the genus Leptometa Aurivillius, 1927 are described from the rich Congolian forests: Leptometa danieli sp. n. and Leptometa gabrielae sp. n. Both species are known by short series of males which are compared with males of five other species of the genus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-40
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ecologica Montenegrina
Volume	71
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.71.5
State	Published - 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Afrotropical realm
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
biodiversity
lappet moth

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology
Plant Science
Insect Science

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Two new species for the Afrotropic genus Leptometa: Leptometa danieli and Leptometa gabrielae (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

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