Phyllocnistis xylopiella Brito & Becker, 2017

SUBFAMILY	Phyllocnistinae
GENUS	Phyllocnistis
SPECIES	xylopiella
AUTHOR	Brito & Becker, 2017
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Phyllocnistis xylopiella Brito & Becker, sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	Brazil, Planaltina, Federal District, Brasilia, 15°35’S 47°42’W, 1000 m, 6.vii.1978, leg. V.O. Becker.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -15°35'0" Longitude: -47°42'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide GRPM 50-136♂, VOB; Paratypes 2♂, genitalia slide GRPM 50-137♂, and GRPM 50-138♂, VOB, 1♀, genitalia slide GRPM 50-139♀, acquisition number 57.703, VOB.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of seven new species and host plant associations. - Zootaxa 4341(3):301–352.
PAGINATION	330–332, figs. 3AA, 4AA, 5, 6D, 6E, 6I, S1

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Brazil		Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of seven new species and host plant associations. - Zootaxa 4341(3):301–352.	330

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Annonaceae	Xylopia aromatica	Brazil	Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of seven new species and host plant associations. - Zootaxa 4341(3):301–352.	332

* Mine serpentine on the adaxial leaf surface of the host plant. The cocoon is constructed in the final portion of the mine, causing wrinkling of the leaf (Brito et al. 2017b: 331).