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The Lepidoptera of Acacia domatia in Kenya, with description of two new genera and six new species

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JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 45, Issue 29-30, Pages 1867-1893

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.565155

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Acacia; domatia; Lepidoptera; Tortricidae; Tineidae

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The contents of swollen-thorn domatia of three Acacia species are given. Lepidoptera bred from swollen thorns of Acacia are listed; two new genera, Endotera gen. nov. and Kenyatta gen. nov., and six new species: Phthoropoea chalcomochla sp. nov., Endotera nodi sp. nov., Hystrichophora vittana sp. nov., Hystrichophora griseana sp. nov., Hystrichophora bopprei sp. nov. and Kenyatta iodes sp. nov., are described.

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