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Description of Cochylimorpha lapoana sp. n. (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) from the Apennines of Central Italy

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Published
12 October 2026
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Entomology
DOI
10.4081/jear.2026.16094

Abstract

Cochylimorpha lapoana Trematerra sp. n. is described as new; the latter belongs to the Straminea group. As adult C. lapoana resemble C. meridiana (Staudinger, 1859), in the male genitalia the new species resemble C. decolorella (Zeller, 1839), C. tiraculana (Bassi & Scaramozzino, 1989), and C. straminea (Haworth, 1811).

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