Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Lithocolletinae (subfamily)/  Phyllonorycter (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Kumata, 1963)
Citation:	Lithocolletis melacoronis, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Lithocolletis
Publication:	Kumata, T. 1963c. Taxonomic studies of the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II.
Journal:	Insecta Matsumurana
Volume:	26
Issue:	1
Pagination:	37–38, fig. 21
URL:	https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/9698 https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/9698

Phyllonorycter melacoronis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Holotype	♂	ELKU	Holotype ♂, ELKU	Japan	Japan, Kyūshū, Hikosan.
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Paratype	♀	ELKU	Paratype 1♀, ELKU.	Japan	Japan, Kyūshū, Hikosan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Japan	Kyūshū	Kumata, T. 1963c. Taxonomic studies of the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II. page 38
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Korea, Republic of		Park, K. T. 1983a. Microlepidoptera of Korea. page 61
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Russian Federation	Far East (South Primorye)	Ermolaev, V. P. 1977. A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. In: The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. page 114

Plant note:

An elliptical blotch-mine on underside of leaf, arbitrarily on a space between mid vein and leaf margin.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Rhododendron mucronulatum	Ericaceae		Ermolaev, V. P. 1977. A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. In: The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. page 114
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Rhododendron sp.	Ericaceae		Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Park, K. T. 1983. Some Korean species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). page 218
Phyllonorycter melacoronis (Kumata, 1963)	Rhododendron sp.	Ericaceae	Japan	Kumata, T. 1963c. Taxonomic studies of the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II. page 38

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Phyllonorycter melacoronis (1)

Phyllonorycter melacoronis (2)

Phyllonorycter melacoronis (3)

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