Phyllonorycter alni (Walsingham, 1891)

SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	alni
AUTHOR	(Walsingham, 1891)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis alni.
TYPE LOCALITY
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Replacement name for Lithocolletis alnivorella Chambers, 1875, a primary homonym of Lithocolletis alnivorella Ragonot, 1875.
PUBLICATION	Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1891b. Steps towards a revision of Chambers' index with notes and descriptions of new species. - Insect Life 3:325-329.
PAGINATION	326

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
United States, US	Colorado	Chambers, V. T. 1875f. Teneina [sic] of Colorado. - Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(4):289-305.	302
United States, US	Maine	Brower, A. E. 1984. A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine, Part 2: The Microlepidoptera, Section 2; Cosmopterigidae through Hepialidae. - — 114:i-x, 1-70.	41

Notes: The record of Maine (Brower 1984: 41) needs confirmation.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Betulaceae	Alnus sp.	U.S.A.	Chambers, V. T. 1875f. Teneina [sic] of Colorado. - Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(4):289-305.	302
Betulaceae	Alnus tenuifolia	U.S.A.	Braun, A. F. 1925a. New Microlepidoptera from the southwest. - Canadian Entomologist 57:147-150.	216

* Large tentiform mine on underside of leaf.