| SUBFAMILY |
Lithocolletinae
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| GENUS | Phyllonorycter |
| SPECIES |
obandai
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| AUTHOR | De Prins & Mozuraitis, 2006 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Phyllonorycter obandai, new species |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, Gatamaiyu Forest, 00°58'S 36°41'E, 2380 m, 04.iv.2003, leg. J. & W. De Prins.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide RMCA 00251♂, specimen ID RMCA ENT 000002420, RMCA; Paratypes 21♂, genitalia slides RMCA 00252♂-00254♂, 17 specimens in RMCA, 2 specimens in BMNH, 2 specimens in NMK.
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| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION |
De Prins, J. & Mozuraitis, R. 2006. A new species of Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Kenya discovered by using the sex attractant Z8-tetradecen-1yl acetate. - Zootaxa 1124:55-68.
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| PAGINATION |
58-63, figs. 4, 8, 9
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