Phyllonorycter nigristella (Kumata, 1957)

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SUBFAMILY Lithocolletinae
GENUSPhyllonorycter
SPECIES nigristella
AUTHOR(Kumata, 1957)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONLithocolletis nigristella sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYJapan, Hokkaidō, Sapporo, mine 06.xii.1955, e.l. Quercus dentata 31.i.1956, leg. T. Kumata.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 43°3'0" Longitude: 141°21'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-291♂, EIHU; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide Grc-269♀, EIHU; Paratypes 9 specimens (♂ and ♀), EIHU.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Kumata, T. 1963a. Descriptions of three new species of Lithocolletis feeding on Quercus in Japan (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 21(1-2):62-68.
PAGINATION 62-66, figs. 1A, 2A, 3A-A1
DNA VOUCHERS SIBLE017-17
GENBANK
  • MK403687 Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Akulov, E., Ponomarenko, M., Gorokhova, S., Sheiko, V., Ohshima, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2019c :8

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Japan Hokkaidō Kumata, T. 1963a. Descriptions of three new species of Lithocolletis feeding on Quercus in Japan (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 21(1-2):62-68. 66
Japan Honshū Kumata, T. 1961b. New host-records of some Japanese species of Lithocolletis. - Insecta Matsumurana 24(1):56. 56
Japan Shikoku Kumata, T. 1961b. New host-records of some Japanese species of Lithocolletis. - Insecta Matsumurana 24(1):56. 56
Russian Federation Far East (South Primorye) Ermolaev, V. P. 1981a. On the fauna of mining Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera from the south of the Far East. In: Kulikova, L. S., Arefin, V. S., Simakova, T. P. (Eds.): Fauna and ecology of insects from Primorye region and Kamchatka. - — :1-149, Chapter pagination: 37-41. 38
Russian Federation Far East (Khabarovsk Region) Baryshnikova, S. V. 2008. Gracillariidae. In: Sinev, S. Yu. (Ed.) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. - — :38-45.  

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Fagaceae Quercus dentata Japan Kumata, T. 1963a. Descriptions of three new species of Lithocolletis feeding on Quercus in Japan (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 21(1-2):62-68. 66
Fagaceae Quercus dentata Russia (Far East) Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Akulov, E., Ponomarenko, M., Gorokhova, S., Sheiko, V., Ohshima, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2019c. Exploring species diversity and host plant associations of leaf-mining micromoths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in the Russian Far East using DNA barcoding. - Zootaxa 4652(1):1-55. 8
Fagaceae Quercus mongolica Russia (Far East) Ermolaev, V. P. 1981a. On the fauna of mining Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera from the south of the Far East. In: Kulikova, L. S., Arefin, V. S., Simakova, T. P. (Eds.): Fauna and ecology of insects from Primorye region and Kamchatka. - — :1-149, Chapter pagination: 37-41. 38
Fagaceae Quercus serrata Japan Kumata, T. 1961b. New host-records of some Japanese species of Lithocolletis. - Insecta Matsumurana 24(1):56. 55

*   Large, tentiform mine, between two veins on underside of leaf.