Héctor A. Vargas

Héctor A. Vargas, Chilean entomologist.

Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6-D, Arica, Chile

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 14 taxon names authored by Héctor A. Vargas

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Vargas, H.A. & Landry, B. 2005. A new genus and species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on flowers of Acacia macracantha Willd. (Mimosaceae) in Chile. Acta Entomologica Chilena 29(1): 47-57. Reference page. 

2012

• Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2012. A new species of Bucculatrix Zeller (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) associated with Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in northern Chile. Zootaxa 3300: 20–33. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Brito, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2012. A new species of Phyllocnistis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from southern Brazil, with life-history description and genetic comparison to congeneric species. Zootaxa 3582: 1–16. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Brito, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2013: A new Brazilian Passiflora leafminer: Spinivalva gaucha, gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), the first gracillariid without a sap-feeding instar. ZooKeys, 291: 1–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.291.4910 Reference page. 

2015

• Vargas, H.A., Pollo, P., Basilio, D.S., Gonçalves, G.L. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2015. A new cecidogenous species of Eugnosta Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert: Life-history description and phylogenetic inferences. Zootaxa 3920(2): 265–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.3 Reference page. 

2017

• Parra, L.E., Vargas, H.A., Sanzana, M.J. & Hernández, C.E. 2017: Phylogenetic study of the genera of Trichopterygini from Austral South American (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): a new classification. Gayana 55(2): 145–199. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Pereira, C.M., Silva, D.S., Gonçalves, G.L., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2017. A new species of Leurocephala Davis & Mc Kay (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Azapa Valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert, with notes on life-history. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61(1): 6–15. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2018

• Brito, R. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. A new leaf-tying Episimus Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) feeding on the vulnerable tree Haplorhus peruviana (Anacardiaceae) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 52(2): 113-119. Reference page. 
• Moreira, G.R.P., Pollo, P., Brito, R., Lopes Gonçalves, G. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. Cactivalva nebularia, gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): a newWeinmannia leaf miner from southern Brazil. Austral Entomology 57: 62-76. Reference page. 
• Pereira, C.M., Silva, D.S., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G. 2018. Description of immature stages and natural history of Stigmella schinivora (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), a leaf-miner associated with the Brazilian peppertree. Zoologia, 35: e24485. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e24485 Reference page. 
• Silva, G.T., Moreira, G.R.P., Vargas, H.A., Gonçalves, G.L., Mainardi, M.D., San Blas, G. & Davis, D. 2018. Overlooked gall-inducing moths revisited, with the description of Andescecidium parrai gen. et sp. n. and Oliera saizi sp. n. from Chile (Lepidoptera, Cecidosidae). ZooKeys 795: 127–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.795.27070 Reference page. 
• Vargas, H.A. 2018. A new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Nota Lepidopterologica 41(2): 199-205. Reference page. 
• Vargas-Ortiz, M. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. A new species of Strepsicrates Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile previously misidentified as S. smithiana Walsingham. Zootaxa 4370(5): 569–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.8 . Reference page. 

2019

• Vargas, H.A. 2019. A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Nota Lepidopterologica 42(2): 129-136. DOI: 10.3897/nl.42.38341 . Full article. Reference page. 
• Vargas-Ortiz, M., Gonçalves, G.L., Huanca-Mamani, W., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2019. Description, natural history and genetic variation of Caloptilia guacanivora sp. nov. Vargas-Ortiz & Vargas (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Austral Entomology 58(1): 171–191. Reference page.