A new species of Teinoptila Sauber, 1902 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from Sri Lanka

Abstract

A new species of Teinoptila, T. taprobanae n. sp., is described from Sri Lanka. The type series includes nine specimens collected in four districts of the country. The species is compared with a Sri Lankan congener, T. corpuscularis (Meyrick). An updated checklist of the world species of Teinoptila is provided.

Keywords

• Checklist
• Sri Lanka
• Taxonomy
• Teinoptila
• Yponomeutidae