Two New Fabaceae-Feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the Western Hemisphere, Including a Potential Pest of the Economically Important Centrolobium Mart. ex Benth.
We describe two new species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the Western Hemisphere that feed on Fabaceae: Stigmella mimosae Diskus and Stonis, new species, on Mimosa albida Willd. (Caesalpinioideae), and Acalyptris minimus Diskus and Stonis, new species, on Centrolobium ochroxylum Rose ex Rudd. (Faboideae). Centrolobium ochroxylum is an economically important tree in South America that is exported for timber. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, genitalia, and the leaf mines.
