Leif Aarvik

Leif Aarvik (born 1954), Norwegian entomologist.

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway.
E-mail: leif.aarvik@nhm.uio.no

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Razowski, J., Aarvik, L. & de Prins, J. 2010. An annotated catalogue of the types of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zootaxa 2469: 1–77. Preview Reference page.
Aarvik, L. 2010. Review of East African Cochylini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) with description of new species. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 57(2): 81–108. Abstract (PDF) Reference page.

Aarvik, L., Karisch, T. & Marthinsen, G. 2012. Review of the Afrotropical genus Dracontogena Diakonoff, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa 3478: 345–372. Preview Reference page.
Mutanen, M., Aarvik, L., Landry, J.-F., Segerer, A.H. & Karsholt, O. 2012. Epinotia cinereana (Haworth, 1811) bona sp., a Holarctic tortricid distinct from E. nisella (Clerck, 1759) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) as evidenced by DNA barcodes, morphology and life history. Zootaxa 3318: 1–25. Preview Reference page.

Aarvik, L.; Agassiz, D.J.L. 2014: Revision of African Neaspasia Diakonoff, 1989 and the related Conaspasia, n. gen. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zootaxa 3754(2): 117–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.2.2 . Reference page.
Agassiz, D.J.L. & Aarvik, 2014: New Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from East Africa with an account of the tortricid fauna of acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Zootaxa, 3861(4): 369–397. . Reference page.

Aarvik, L. 2016. Redefinition and revision of African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4088(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.6.Reference page.
Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Anikin, V. & Aarvik, L. 2016. Additions to the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Uganda. Zootaxa 4132(3): 393–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.7. Reference page.

Park, K.T., Koo, J.M. & Aarvik, L. 2019. Description of Corymbus Park, gen. n. with six new species from the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47(188): 657-672. Reference page.

Huemer, P., Karsholt, O., Aarvik, L., Berggren, K., Bidzilya, O.V., Junnilainen, J., Landry, J-F., Mutanen, M., Nupponen, K., Segerer, A.H., Šumpich, J., Weiser, C., Wiesmair, B. & Hebert, P.D.N. 2020. DNA barcode library for European Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) suggests greatly underestimated species diversity. ZooKeys, 921: 141–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.921.49199 Reference page.
Park, K.T., Koo, J.M., Agassiz, D.J.L. & Aarvik, L. 2020. A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical genus Dragmatucha Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae), with descriptions of eleven new species. Zootaxa 4786(2): 151–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.2.1. . Reference page.

Park, K.T. & Aarvik, L. 2021. Two new species of the genus Thubdora Park and a new species of Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae) from Uganda. Zootaxa 4926(4): 590–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.9. . Reference page.

Berggren, K., Aarvik, L., Huemer, P., Lee, K.M. & Mutanen, M. 2022. Integrative taxonomy reveals overlooked cryptic diversity in the conifer feeding Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) (Lepidoptera, Batrachedridae). ZooKeys 1085ː 165–182. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.76853 Reference page.
Brown, J.W., Razowski, J., Aarvik, L., Timm, A.E. & Copeland, R.S. 2022. New species and new combinations in Afrotropical Eucosmocydia Diakonoff, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Insecta Mundi 0927: 1–27. PDF. Reference page.
Falck, P., Aarvik, L. & Vives Moreno, A. 2022. New data on Old World Polyorthini. The genus Lopharcha Diakonoff, 1941 recorded from the Canary Islands (Spain) and Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 50(197): 105-114. DOI: 10.57065/shilap.218. . Reference page.

Bidzilya, O.V., Aarvik, L. & Agassiz, D.J.L. 2023. New species and new country distribution records of Athrips (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 5343(5): 489–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.5.4. Reference page.
Huemer, P., Aarvik, L. & Berggren, K. 2023. A new species of Neurothaumasia Le Marchand (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Crete, Greece. Zootaxa 5318(3): 401–410. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.5. Reference page.

Prozorov, A.M., Bjørnstad, A., Aarvik, L., Saldaitis, A., Yakovlev, R.V., Prozorova, T.A., Volkova, J.S. & Müller, G.C. 2024c. Sonitha niniae–a new species from a threatened ground water forest in Western Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini). Ecologica Montenegrina 78: 211-223. DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.78.19. . Reference page.