Macarostola pontificalis (Meyrick, 1928)

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SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Macarostola
SPECIES	pontificalis
AUTHOR	(Meyrick, 1928)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Parectopa pontificalis
TYPE LOCALITY	[French Polynesia], Austral Islands, Rurutu, 650 ft., 23.iii.1925, leg. C. L. Collenette.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Lectotype ♀, designated by Clarke (1971: 182), genitalia slide JFGC11474♀, BMNH; Paralectotypes 2♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick, E. 1928d. The Micro-Lepidoptera of the "St. George" expedition. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76(2):489-521.
PAGINATION	505

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
French Polynesia	Austral Islands (Rapa)	Clarke, J. F. G. 1971. The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island. - Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 56:1-282.	182
French Polynesia	Austral Islands (Ruturu)	Meyrick, E. 1928d. The Micro-Lepidoptera of the "St. George" expedition. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76(2):489-521.	505

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Myrtaceae	Metrosideros collina	French Polynesia	Clarke, J. F. G. 1971. The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island. - Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 56:1-282.	185

*   At first, a tortuous serpentine mine, ending in a blotch mine at one edge of the leaf, and filled with frass. Later, forming a cone (Clarke 1971: 185).