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-Luffia kirsteni sp. nov. Second locality. Fuerteventura: Lajares. Luffia palmensis Sobczyk, 2002. Material examined. SPAIN. Canary Islands. La Palma. Barranco de las Nieves, 250 m. 3 specimens 13-16.viii.2018 leg. et col. Knud Larsen. The species was abundant at the locality which is a rather dry barranco just outside the city but at the edge of the large laurisilva forest on the east side of the island. According to Sobczyk
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A new species from the Canary Islands is described in the genus Luffia Tutt, 1899 (Lepidoptera, Psychidae), Luffia kirsteni spec. nov. This new species differs from all other species in the genus by its larger size and the triangular shape of the forewing. In the genitalia, the sacculus and phallus are much larger than in all other species. This ap...
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... clear by comparison with the figures of the male genitalia of Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783) (Fig. 4). Biology. Nothing known except for information from the collecting dates and the two localities. Type locality (Fig. 5) and the other locality where the species was found are both covered by rough stones and lava fields with sparse vegetation (Fig. 6), with lichens growing on the ...
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