title: First description of leaf-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) feeding on the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae).
abstract: Despite taxonomic and conservation interest in the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae: subfamily Asteroideae, tribe Heliantheae), no Podanthus-feeding Nepticulidae or Tischeriidae have ever been recorded. Here, on the basis of material reared from Podanthus from central Mediterranean Chile, we present the description of Stigmella podanthae sp. nov. (Nepticulidae) and a re-description of Astrotischeria chilei Puplesis & Diškus, 2003. Females and host-plant of the latter species were previously unknown. Both treated species are illustrated with numerous photographs of the leaf-mines, adults of both sexes, and male and female genitalia.
authors.affiliation: Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania.; Email: stonis@leu.lt.
authors.forename: Jonas R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stonis
authors.affiliation: Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Arūnas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diškus
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius LT-08412, Lithuania.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Andrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Remeikis
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto s/n, Loja, Ecuador.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Nixon Cumbicus
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000469:parasitology