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Adela boliviella n. sp., described from central Bolivia, is the first representative of the subfamily Adelinae found in South America. This species is closely related to Adela astrella Walsingham, from which it differs by larger compound eyes in males (interocular index, i.e. the ratio of vertical eye diameter to interocular distance, equals 1.5 compared to 0.75 in A. astrella), smaller extent of pale yellow scales in the forewing (0.25× forewing length compared to 0.40 in A. astrella), absence of a silver band outside the fascia and presence of three glossy silver spots near the apex of the forewing (six in A. astrella).
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I am grateful to W. Mey and K. R. Tuck for help in studies of the ZMB and NHM collections, respectively, to V. Zverev for a photograph of the holotype and to E. J. van Nieukerken for numerous helpful comments to an earlier version of the manuscript. This research was made possible by the financial support from the SYS-Resource and SYNTHESYS programmes. Completion of the manuscript was supported by the Turku University strategic research grant.
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Kozlov, M.V. A New Species of the Genus Adela (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from South America. Neotrop Entomol 42, 505–507 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-013-0150-4
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