Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state, São Francisco de Paula municipality, Centro de Pesquisas e Conservação da Natureza Pró Mata, 29°28'36”S 50°10'10”W, 900 m, 21-24.vi.2016, collected on Begonia fruticosa, leg. G.R.P. Moreira, R. Brito & J. Fochezato.
Brito, R., Mielke, O. H. H., Gonçalves, G. L. & Moreira G. R. P. 2019. Description of three new species of Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from the Atlantic Forest, South Brazil, with notes on natural history and phylogeny. - Austral Entomology 58:27-51.
PAGINATION
35-43, Figs 2b, e, 3d-f, 9a-e, 10a-f, 11a-f, 12a-h, 13a-h
DNA VOUCHERS
MISA014-16,
LMCI 263-22,
LMCI 263-23,
MISA014-16
GENBANK
KY006928
Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017
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Brito, R., Mielke, O. H. H., Gonçalves, G. L. & Moreira G. R. P. 2019. Description of three new species of Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from the Atlantic Forest, South Brazil, with notes on natural history and phylogeny. - Austral Entomology 58:27-51.
Brito, R., Mielke, O. H. H., Gonçalves, G. L. & Moreira G. R. P. 2019. Description of three new species of Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from the Atlantic Forest, South Brazil, with notes on natural history and phylogeny. - Austral Entomology 58:27-51.
early online
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Mines have a serpentine shape and are found on the adaxial leaf surface. Frass granules are scattered in the mine. One larva was found in each leaf of host plant (Brito et al.: early online).
