Leurocephala chilensis Vargas & Moreira, 2016

SUBFAMILY	Ornixolinae
GENUS	Leurocephala
SPECIES	chilensis
AUTHOR	Vargas & Moreira, 2016
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Leurocephala chilensis Vargas & Moreira sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	Chile, Arica, Azapa, ?? viii.2015, leg. H.A. Vargas.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -18°28'41" Longitude: -70°18'45"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotyoe ♂, in MNNC; Paratypes 8♂, 6♀, genitalia slides HAV276♂, HAV358♂, HAV359♂, HAV402♂, HAV1020♂, HAV1024♂, HAV108♀, HAV1021♀, HAV1023♀, MNNC, IDEA.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Pereira, C. M., Silva, D. S., Gonçalves, G. L., Vargas, H. A. & Moreira, G. R. P. 2017. A new species of Leurocephala Davis & Mc Kay (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Azapa Valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert, with notes on life-history. - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61:6-15..
PAGINATION	2-8, figs 1-35
DNA VOUCHERS	MISA007-16, MISA008-16
GENBANK	KY006922 Pereira, C. M., Silva, D. S., Gonçalves, G. L., Vargas, H. A. & Moreira, G. R. P. 2017 :8 KY006921 Pereira, C. M., Silva, D. S., Gonçalves, G. L., Vargas, H. A. & Moreira, G. R. P. 2017 :8

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Chile		Pereira, C. M., Silva, D. S., Gonçalves, G. L., Vargas, H. A. & Moreira, G. R. P. 2017. A new species of Leurocephala Davis & Mc Kay (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Azapa Valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert, with notes on life-history. - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61:6-15..

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Anacardiaceae	Schinus molle	Chile	Pereira, C. M., Silva, D. S., Gonçalves, G. L., Vargas, H. A. & Moreira, G. R. P. 2017. A new species of Leurocephala Davis & Mc Kay (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Azapa Valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert, with notes on life-history. - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61:6-15..

* Larvae construct a conspicuous blotched mine on the adaxial surface, generally covering more than 50% of the leaflet when fully developed (Pereira et al. 2016).