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Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/ Ornixolinae (subfamily)/ Parectopa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1880)
Citation:	Grac.[ilaria] alysidota, sp. n.
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:	161–162
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455826

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Parectopa alysidota (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Parectopa by Hoare et al. (2019: 65).

Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Lectotype	♂	BMNH	Lectotype ♂, BMNH, designated by Dugdale (1988: 70), and ♀ (in total 3 specimens were mentioned).	Australia	[Australia, New South Wales], Sydney, Bulli Pass.	Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 161–162

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Australia	Victoria	Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. page 58
Parectopa alysidota (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 211
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Australia	Queensland	Turner, A. J. 1896. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Queensland. page 1
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Australia	New South Wales	Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. page 162
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Australia	South Australia	Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. page 58
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Australia	Western Australia	Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. page 58
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	New Zealand		Meyrick, E. 1916c. Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. page 418 (as citharoda)

Plant note:

Long, narrow gallery on either side of leaf.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Acacia longifolia	Fabaceae	Australia	Meyrick, E. 1882. Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. vii. Revisional. page 198
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Acacia melanoxylon	Fabaceae	Australia	Appleton, C., Walsh, P. J. & Wrattan, S. D. 1997. The influence of insect infestation on the growth of Tasmanian blackwood Acacia melanoxylon. page 73
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Acacia pycnantha	Fabaceae	New Zealand	Watt, M. N. 1916. Contribution to the Entomology of New Zealand. No. 8 - Parectopa citharoda Meyr. page 413
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Acacia saligna	Fabaceae	New Zealand	Watt, M. N. 1916. Contribution to the Entomology of New Zealand. No. 8 - Parectopa citharoda Meyr. page 413
Parectopa alysidota (Meyrick, 1880)	Acacia sp.	Fabaceae	New Zealand	Hudson, G. V. 1928. The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. page 322

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
Parectopa citharoda Meyrick, 1916	Meyrick, 1916	species	Synonym	Parectopa citharoda