Héctor A. Vargas

Héctor Andrés Vargas Ortiz, Chilean entomologist.

• Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6-D, Arica, Chile
• E-mail: [email protected]

• 29taxon names authored by Héctor Andrés Vargas Ortiz

2005

• Vargas, H.A. & Landry, B. 2005. A new genus and species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on flowers of Acacia macracantha Willd. (Mimosaceae) in Chile. Acta Entomologica Chilena 29(1): 47-57. Reference page. 
• Vargas, H.A. & Parra, L.E. 2005. A new genus and a new species of Oecophyllembiinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Chile. Neotropical Entomology 34(2): 227–233. DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000200011. . Reference page. 

2012

• Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2012. A new species of Bucculatrix Zeller (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) associated with Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in northern Chile. Zootaxa 3300: 20–33. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Brito, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2012. A new species of Phyllocnistis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from southern Brazil, with life-history description and genetic comparison to congeneric species. Zootaxa 3582: 1–16. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Brito, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2013: A new Brazilian Passiflora leafminer: Spinivalva gaucha, gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), the first gracillariid without a sap-feeding instar. ZooKeys, 291: 1–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.291.4910 Reference page. 
• Mundaca, E.A., Parra, L.E. & Vargas, H.A., 2013: A new genus and species of leaf miner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) for Chile associated to the native tree Lithraea caustica. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57(2): 157–164. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Vargas, H.A., Pollo, P., Basilio, D.S., Gonçalves, G.L. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2015. A new cecidogenous species of Eugnosta Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert: Life-history description and phylogenetic inferences. Zootaxa 3920(2): 265–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.3Reference page. 

2017

• Parra, L.E., Vargas, H.A., Sanzana, M.J. & Hernández, C.E. 2017: Phylogenetic study of the genera of Trichopterygini from Austral South American (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): a new classification. Gayana 55(2): 145–199. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Pereira, C.M., Silva, D.S., Gonçalves, G.L., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2017. A new species of Leurocephala Davis & Mc Kay (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Azapa Valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert, with notes on life-history. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61(1): 6–15. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2018

• Brito, R. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. A new leaf-tying Episimus Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) feeding on the vulnerable tree Haplorhus peruviana (Anacardiaceae) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 52(2): 113-119. Reference page. 
• Espinoza-Donoso, S., Parra, L.E., González-Espinoza, C., Vargas-Ortiz, M. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. Morphology of the immature stages and notes on the natural history of the little-known plume moth Stenoptilodes juanfernandicus Gielis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 4462(3): 415–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.3.7 Reference page. 
• Moreira, G.R.P., Pollo, P., Brito, R., Lopes Gonçalves, G. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. Cactivalva nebularia, gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): a newWeinmannia leaf miner from southern Brazil. Austral Entomology 57: 62-76. Reference page. 
• Pereira, C.M., Silva, D.S., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G. 2018. Description of immature stages and natural history of Stigmella schinivora (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), a leaf-miner associated with the Brazilian peppertree. Zoologia, 35: e24485. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e24485 Reference page. 
• Silva, G.T., Moreira, G.R.P., Vargas, H.A., Gonçalves, G.L., Mainardi, M.D., San Blas, G. & Davis, D. 2018. Overlooked gall-inducing moths revisited, with the description of Andescecidium parrai gen. et sp. n. and Oliera saizi sp. n. from Chile (Lepidoptera, Cecidosidae). ZooKeys 795: 127–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.795.27070 Reference page. 
• Vargas, H.A. 2018. A new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Nota Lepidopterologica 41(2): 199-205. Reference page. 
• Vargas-Ortiz, M. & Vargas, H.A. 2018. A new species of Strepsicrates Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile previously misidentified as S. smithiana Walsingham. Zootaxa 4370(5): 569–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.8. Reference page. 

2019

• Vargas, H.A. 2019. A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Nota Lepidopterologica 42(2): 129-136. DOI: 10.3897/nl.42.38341 . Full article. Reference page. 
• Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2019. A new species of Scrobipalpula Povolný (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) associated with Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 54: 217–224. DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2019.1663588. . Reference page. 
• Vargas-Ortiz, M., Gonçalves, G.L., Huanca-Mamani, W., Vargas, H.A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2019. Description, natural history and genetic variation of Caloptilia guacanivora sp. nov. Vargas-Ortiz & Vargas (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Austral Entomology 58(1): 171–191. Reference page. 

2020

• Cerdeña, J.A., Farfán, J., Davis, D.R., Vargas, H.A., Huanca-Mamani, W., Brito, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Lazo-Rivera, A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2020. Phyllocnistis furcata sp. nov.: a new species of leaf-miner associated with Baccharis (Asteraceae) from Southern Peru (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). ZooKeys 996: 121–145. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.996.53958. . Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R., Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J.A., Huanca-Mamani, W., Vargas, H.A., Vargas-Ortiz, M., Gonçalves, G.L. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2020. Adenogasteria leguminivora Davis & Vargas gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): a new seed-feeding micromoth associated with Fabaceae in Peru and Chile. Austral Entomology 59, 37–51. Reference page. 
• Espinoza-Donoso, S., Bobadilla, D., Huanca-Mamani, W., Vargas-Ortiz, M. & Vargas, H.A. 2020. A new species of Ithome Chambers (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiinae) from the Atacama Desert revealed by morphology and DNA barcodes. ZooKeys 912: 125-138. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.912.47562. . Reference page. 
• Palacios, C., Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J.A., Lazo-Rivera, A., Parra Jeminez, L.E. & Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2020. A new species and a new record of Pero Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in the Andes of southern Peru. Nota Lepidopterologica 43: 301–309. DOI: 10.3897/nl.43.54177. . Reference page. 
• Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2020. Adaina jobimi sp. nov., a plume moth (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) associated with Baccharis alnifolia (Asteraceae) in the Andes of northern Chile. Nota Lepidopterologica 43: 329–336. DOI: 10.3897/nl.43.57965. . Reference page. 
• Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2020a. A new species of Scrobipalpomima Povolný (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) reared from stem galls of Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae) in the Andes of northern chile. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146(3): 521-533. Reference page. .
• Vargas, H.A., Hausmann, A. & Parra, L.E. 2020. A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 64(2): 1-6. DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0016. . Reference page. 
• Vargas, H.A., Vargas-Ortiz, M. & Gielis, C. 2020. A new species of Stenoptilia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) associated with Neobartsia peruviana (Orobanchaceae) in the Andes of northern Chile. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 64(2): 1-8. DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2019-0028. . Reference page. 

2021

• Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2021. Iridopsis socoromaensis sp. n., a geometrid moth (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e61592. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e61592. . Reference page. 
• Vargas Ortiz, H.A. 2021a. Ypsolopha chicoi sp. n., the second representative of the widespread micromoth genus Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e72306. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e72306. . Reference page.