Keiferia azapaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Gelechiidae
Subfamilia: Gelechiinae
Tribus: Gnorimoschemini
Genus: Keiferia
Species: Keiferia azapaensis

Name

Keiferia azapaensis Vargas, 2025: 4

Type locality: Chile, Arica, Azapa Valley, 42 km, 1200 m, 18°35'20"S 69°49'29"W.

Holotype: IDEA. male ♂. V.2021. Genitalia slide HAV1837. catalogNumber: IDEA- LEPI-2024-25; associatedSequences: BOLD Process ID: NCMIC015-24. occurrenceID: 0D8FBEFA-5B0D-5114-9712-32A1F039D8F6.

References

Primary references

• Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2025. Keiferia azapaensis sp. nov., the first representative of the New World micromoth genus Keiferia Busck (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) associated with a member of Asteraceae. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e141827. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e141827. . Reference page.