Phyllocnistis dorcas Meyrick, 1915
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Phyllocnistis dorcas Meyrick, 1915 View in CoL
Figs. 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 , S1; Tab. 2
Phyllocnistis dorcas View in CoL ; Meyrick 1915b: 241. Davis & Miller 1984: 27. De Prins et al. 2016: 36.
Type material. Phyllocnistis dorcas Meyrick, 1915 was described based on a single specimen from Mallali, British Guiana. The specimen, identified as female, is deposited at NHMUK. The holotype ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ) has the following labels (separated by forward slash symbols, Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ): / Holotype / Mallali, Brit. Guiana. Parish. 3.13 [III.1913] / Meyrick Coll. B. M. 1938-290 / dorcas Meyr. / Phyllocnistis dorcas 1/1 Meyr. E. Meyrick det. in Meyrick Coll. / BMNH(E) 1412349 /.
Forewing length. 2.86 mm (n=1).
Diagnosis ( Figs. 3F, S View FIGURE 3 1; Tab. 2). Dorsal forewing: ground color silver. lf absent. tf l thin and faded, with scales that varies from light gray to dark brown, emerging from the costal margin and crossing inclined posteriorly towards the center of the wing, where it ends. tf2 with same coloration and thickness, obliquely to tf1, crossing to the inner margin close to the border between regions II and III. tf3 and tf4 are united forming a yellowish blotch on the distal region. The tf4 is distally followed by light gray band, preceding as. As previously mentioned, P. dorcas is similar to P. citrella , differentiated from this species by the absence of lf.
Geographical distribution ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ). There is only one record of this species, for Mallali, Upper Demerara- Berbice region, British Guiana.
Natural history. Information not available.
Host plant(s). Unknown.
Examined material. Holotype.
Remarks. Meyrick did not describe the genitalia morphology of this species. Since there was a single specimen available from this species at the NHMUK, no genitalia were dissected for this review. Due to the loss of many setae and scales from the forewing, we were unable to analyze the strigulae of the single specimen.
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Phyllocnistis dorcas Meyrick, 1915
Brito, Rosângela, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, Gonçalves, Gislene L., Becker, Vitor O., Mielke, Olaf H. H. & Moreira, Gilson R. P. 2017 |
Phyllocnistis dorcas
Davis 1984: 27 |
Meyrick 1915: 241 |