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Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880)

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Higher taxa: Gracillariidae (family)/  Ornixolinae (subfamily)/  Polysoma (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Meyrick, 1880)
Citation:Grac.[ilaria] eumetalla, n. sp.
Original genus:Gracillaria
Publication:Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina.
Journal:Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
Volume:5
Issue:1
Pagination:160
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455825
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Polysoma eumetalla (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Polysoma by E. S. Nielsen & T. Kumata (1996: 48).

Nielsen, E. S. & Kumata, T. 1996. Gracillariidae. – In: Nielsen, E. S., Edwards, E. D. & Rangsi, T. V. (Eds.), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Volume 4.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Lectotype ♂ BMNH Designated by Dugdale (1988: 71); Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, 29 September 1879; Meyrick Coll. B.M. 1938-290; ‘Lectotype’; ‘eumetalla Meyr.’; ‘BMNH(E) 1055711’; Acrocercops eumetalla 6/1 Meyr. E. Meyrick det. in Meyrick Coll. Australia [Australia, Queensland], Brisbane. Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Paralectotype ♀ BMNH Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, 26 October 1879; Meyrick Coll. B.M. 1938-290’; Paralectotype; Acrocercops eumetalla 6/3 Meyr. E. Meyrick det., in Meyrick Coll.’;‘BMNH(E) 1406955’ Australia Australia, New South Wales, Sydney. Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Paralectotype ♂ BMNH 2 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, BMNH. Australia [Australia, Queensland], Brisbane. Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 160
DNA voucher(s)
ANICY268-11  ANICY269-11  ANICY270-11 
GenBank Accession Number Publication
AAY7068 Gopurenko, D., Gillespie, P. S., Minana, R. & Reynolds, O. L. 2021. DNA barcode identification of Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen, 1904) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) and other moths affecting cacao in Papua New Guinea page 04 (as heliopla)
NULT022773 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 249
NULT022898 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 249
NULT023499 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 249
NULT023374 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 249
NULT023134 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 250
NULT023259 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 249
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Western Australia Common, I. F. B. 1990. Moths of Australia. page 200 (as heliopla)
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Queensland Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia New South Wales Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia South Australia Common, I. F. B. 1990. Moths of Australia. page 200
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Tasmania Turner, A. J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Gracilariidae [sic] (Lepidoptera). page 57
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Victoria Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. page 57
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Australian Capital Territory De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 251
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Queensland Turner, A. J. 1913. Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera. page 178 (as heliopla)
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Tasmania Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. page 58 (as heliopla)
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) New Zealand Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 71
Plant note:

In the surface of galls produced by the rust Uromycladium and other organisms (Common 1990: 200).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia dealbata Fabaceae Australia De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 251
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia melanoxylon Fabaceae Australia De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 251
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia pycnantha Fabaceae Australia De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 251
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia sp. Fabaceae Australia Meyrick, E. 1907a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III. IV. page 57
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia sp. Fabaceae New Zealand Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 71
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Polysoma eumetella (Turner, 1894) (Turner, 1894) species Misapplied Gracillaria eumetella
Polysoma heliopla (Meyrick, 1907) (Meyrick, 1907) species Synonym Conopomorpha heliopla