A New Species of Alucita L. (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Northern Chile

Abstract

Male and female adults of a new species of Alucita L. (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) are described and illustrated from the Azapa Valley, northern Chile. Immature stages are associated with fruit of "chuve", Tecoma fulva (Cav.) D. Don. (Bignoniaceae). This is the first species of Alucitidae described from Chile. © 2011 Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil.