Monocercops resplendens (Stainton, 1862)

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SUBFAMILY	Acrocercopinae
GENUS	Monocercops
SPECIES	resplendens
AUTHOR	(Stainton, 1862)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria resplendens, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[India, West Bengal], Calcutta [Kolkata], 1858, leg. Atkinson.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype (gender not stated), abdomen missing, thorax and legs in bad condition, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Stainton, H. T. 1862. Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (series 3) 1(3):291-300.
PAGINATION	294-295; pl. 10, fig. 4

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
India	West Bengal	Stainton, H. T. 1862. Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria [sic]. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (series 3) 1(3):291-300.	295
India	Meghalaya	Meyrick, E. 1908a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. VIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18(4):806-832.	818
India	Uttaranchal	Meyrick, E. 1937. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 5(4):97-128.	110
Nepal		Kumata, T. 1989. Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 42:47-82.	56

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Dipterocarpaceae	Shorea robusta	India	Meyrick, E. 1937. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 5(4):97-128.	110
Dipterocarpaceae	Shorea robusta	Nepal	Kumata, T. 1989. Two new genera related to Acrocercops (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with five new species from the Oriental region. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 42:47-82.	56

*   The record of Ficus religiosa L. [Moraceae] (Fletcher 1921: 149) is probably erroneous.