Elachista gerasmia Meyrick, 1889

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 64

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scientific name	Elachista gerasmia Meyrick, 1889
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Elachista gerasmia Meyrick, 1889 View in CoL

Elachista gerasmia Meyrick, 1889: 177 View in CoL . Type locality: New Zealand, Hamilton ( Meyrick 1889: 177). Meyrick

1889: 177 also lists Makatoku and Invercargill. Lectotype ♂ designated by Dugdale (1988: 112), in NHMUK. Elachista egena Turner, 1923: 75 View in CoL . Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Killarney. Synonymized by Kaila

(2011a: 145). Lectotype ♀, designated by Kaila (2011a: 147). Subgenus: Elachista ; gerasmia species group. Distribution: Australasian. Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania), New

Zealand. Larval host plant(s): Juncus sp. ( Juncaceae ) ( Dugdale 1988); J. usitatus L.A.S. Johnson, J. pallidus R.Br., J. austra-

lis Hook, Juncus spp. ( Juncaceae ) ( Kaila 2011a). Figs.: Hudson (1928), Kaila (2011a).