Eteoryctis gemoniella (Stainton, 1862)

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SUBFAMILY	Acrocercopinae
GENUS	Eteoryctis
SPECIES	gemoniella
AUTHOR	(Stainton, 1862)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria Gemoniella, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[India, West Bengal], Calcutta.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	1 specimen (gender not stated).
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Stainton, H. T. 1862. Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (series 3) 1(3):291–300.
PAGINATION	297; pl. 10, fig. 6

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Benin		Agboton, C., Onzo, A., Ouessou, F.I., Goergen, G., Vidal, S. & Tamo, M. 2014. Insect fauna associated with Anacardium occidentale (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae) in Benin, West Africa. - Journal of Insect Behaviour 14(229).	Annex 1
India	West Bengal	Stainton, H. T. 1862. Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (series 3) 1(3):291–300.	297

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Anacardiaceae	Anacardium occidentale	Benin	Agboton, C., Onzo, A., Akohou, H. A., Goergen, G., Vidal, S. & Tamò, M. 2018. Population dynamics of the cashew leafmier, Eteoryctis gemoniella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and inventory of its parasitoids in cashew orchards of Northern Benin, West Africa. - International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 38(2):132–144.	132
Anacardiaceae	Anacardium occidentale		Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744.	20
Anacardiaceae	Lannea coromandelica		Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744.	20
Anacardiaceae	Semecarpus anacardium	India	Meyrick, E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 1(20):609–640.	628
Sapotaceae	Achras sapota	India	Fletcher, T. B. [1921]. Life-histories of Indian Insects. Microlepidoptera. VI. Gracillariadae [sic]. - Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomological Series 6 (1920)(1–6):1–217, I–L pls.	151
Sapotaceae	Madhuca indica		Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744.	20
Sapotaceae	Madhuca latifolia	India	Fletcher, T. B. 1933. Life histories of Indian Microlepidoptera (Second Series). Cosmopterygidae to Neopseustidae. - — 4:1–85.	50
Sapotaceae	Manilkara zapota		Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744.	20

*   The record of Saccharum officinarum L. [Poaceae] (Meyrick 1914c: 120, Fletcher 1921: 151) is probably wrong.

Species Parasitoids

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Braconidae	Apanteles sp.	Benin	Agboton, C., Onzo, A., Akohou, H. A., Goergen, G., Vidal, S. & Tamò, M. 2018. Population dynamics of the cashew leafmier, Eteoryctis gemoniella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and inventory of its parasitoids in cashew orchards of Northern Benin, West Africa. - International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 38(2):132–144.	132
Braconidae	Chelonus sp.	Benin	Agboton, C., Onzo, A., Akohou, H. A., Goergen, G., Vidal, S. & Tamò, M. 2018. Population dynamics of the cashew leafmier, Eteoryctis gemoniella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and inventory of its parasitoids in cashew orchards of Northern Benin, West Africa. - International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 38(2):132–144.	132
Ichneumonidae	Trathala sp.	Benin	Agboton, C., Onzo, A., Akohou, H. A., Goergen, G., Vidal, S. & Tamò, M. 2018. Population dynamics of the cashew leafmier, Eteoryctis gemoniella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and inventory of its parasitoids in cashew orchards of Northern Benin, West Africa. - International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 38(2):132–144.	132