Phyllocnistis meliacella Becker

Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, Zootaxa 4158 (1), pp. 1-51 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6054862
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scientific name	Phyllocnistis meliacella Becker
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Phyllocnistis meliacella Becker, 1974 View in CoL

" Phyllocnistis meliacella Becker , new species "— Becker, V.O. 1974. Turrialba 24(3): 334–335, fig. 3. Type locality: Costa Rica, Turrialba , 620 m.

Type specimens: Neotype ♂, nr. 72096, USNM; Paratypes 5 specimens (gender not stated), USNM, University of Costa Rica . The original holotype was destroyed in the mail from Costa Rica to Brazil, and a paratype in the USNM is designated to replace it (Becker 1974: 335). Distribution : Costa Rica (Becker 1974: 335).

Larval hostplant(s): Meliaceae : Cedrela angustifolia Sessé & Moc. , C. odorata L., C. tonduzii C. DC.,

Swietenia macrophylla King , S. mahagoni Jacq. (Becker 1974: 335) . DNA: Genbank AY521492 View Materials (Lopez-Vaamonde et al. 2006).