An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids
Author
Prins, Jurate De
Author
Brito, Rosângela
Author
Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires
text
Zootaxa
2016
4158
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journal article
38319
10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.1
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Phyllocnistis meliacella
Becker, 1974
"
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
(Lopez-Vaamonde
et al.
2006).