Phyllonorycter grewiaephilos De Prins, 2012

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SUBFAMILY Lithocolletinae
GENUSPhyllonorycter
SPECIES grewiaephilos
AUTHORDe Prins, 2012
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPhyllonorycter grewiaephilos De Prins, new species
TYPE LOCALITYKenya, Tsavo National Park, Taita Discovery Centre, 03°40'S 38°45'E, 530 m, mine 12.iv.2002, leg. J. De Prins.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, MRAC/KMMA 00272♂, ID RMCA ENT 00000307, RMCA; Paratypes 30♂, 30♀, genitalia slides RMCA/KMMA 00258♀, 00264♂, 00265♀-00268♀, 00269♂-00271♂, 00276♂, 00283♂, 00346♂, 00398♂, 00399♂, De Prins 3668♂, 3669♂, RMCA, BMNH, NMK.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.
PAGINATION 79-82, figs. 51, 52, 136-141, 198-200, 313, 376, 428, 429, 438
DNA VOUCHERS CLV11607, CLV25307, CLV25107, CLV11707, CLV13107

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283. 80

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Malvaceae Grewia villosa Kenya De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283. 80