Micro wonders: updates and insights into diversity of Nepticulidae from previous fieldwork in Armenia

Jonas R. Stonis; Svetlana Orlovskytė; Viktorija Dobrynina; Andrius Remeikis; Arūnas Diškus; Mark Yu. Kalashian

doi:10.6001/biologija.2024.70.2-3.3

Jonas R. Stonis
Svetlana Orlovskytė
Viktorija Dobrynina
Andrius Remeikis
Arūnas Diškus
Mark Yu. Kalashian

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6001/biologija.2024.70.2-3.3

Keywords: Caucasus fauna, leaf mines, male genitalia, mitotypes, pygmy moths

Abstract

In the current paper, we provide a complete list of 32 Nepticulidae species discovered in Armenia, along with photographic samples of detected leaf mines. For the first time, we include photographic documentation of the male genitalia structures of the Armenian Glaucolepis melanoptera (van Nieukerken & Puplesis) and the previously little-known, formerly Central Asian Stigmella klimeschi Puplesis and S. kuznetzovi Puplesis. Moreover, our molecular analyses have confirmed the occurrence of S. aceris (Frey) and Glaucolepis melanoptera in Armenia and justified the description of two species, Stigmella inopinoides Dobrynina, 2024 and Etainia caucasi Remeikis, 2024.