Phyllonorycter drepanota (Meyrick, 1928)

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SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	drepanota
AUTHOR	(Meyrick, 1928)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis drepanota, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[India, Uttaranchal], Kumaon, Bhim Valley.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	5 syntypes (♂ and ♀), BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick, E. 1928a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(13):385-416.
PAGINATION	406

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
India	Uttaranchal	Meyrick, E. 1928a. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(13):385-416.	406
Nepal		Kumata, T. 1973. On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 1:1-45, 4 pls.	16

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Juglandaceae	Engelhardia spicata	Nepal	Kumata, T. 1973. On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 1:1-45, 4 pls.	16

*   A rather small blotch-mine on upper surface of leaf, oval or elliptical, always elongate along middle vein. The record of Ailanthus malabarica DC. [Simarrubaceae] from Kumaon (Meyrick 1928a: 406, Fletcher 1933: 39) is doubtful (Kumata 1973: 16).