title: The Ando-PatagonianStigmellamagnispinellagroup (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) with description of new species from Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.
abstract: On the basis of morphological studies of collection samples from the Andes (Ecuador, Peru and Argentina), we describe five new species of Stigmella Schrank (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): S. varispinella Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. (Ecuador), S. olekarsholti Remeikis Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., S. magnispinella Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (Peru), S. dolia Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., and S. patagonica Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (Argentina). All treated taxa belong to the newly designated S. magnispinella group. Images of adults and genitalia, pictorial keys, a distribution map, and photographs of the leaf-mines of S. olekarsholti are included.
authors.affiliation: Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Studentų St. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania. stonis@leu.lt.
authors.forename: Jonas R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stonis
authors.forename: Andrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Remeikis
authors.forename: Arūnas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diškus
authors.forename: Virginijus
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gerulaitis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*
keywords: Lepidoptera, the Andes, Argentina, Ecuador, Nepticulidae, new species, Peru, Stigmella