Phyllonorycter lemarchandi (Viette, 1951)

SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	lemarchandi
AUTHOR	(Viette, 1951)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis Lemarchandi sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY	Madagascar, Tananarive [Antananarivo], Park Tsimbazaza, e.l. Solanum sp. 22.i.1949.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide De Prins 3564♂, MNHN; Paratypes 8 specimens (gender not stated), MNHN.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Viette, P. 1951a. Notes sur quelques Lépidoptères malgaches. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Sér A, 5(1):131-138.
PAGINATION	131-132, fig. 3

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Madagascar		Viette, P. 1951a. Notes sur quelques Lépidoptères malgaches. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Sér A, 5(1):131-138.	132
Réunion		Bippus, M. 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27:18-35.	34

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Malvaceae	Sida rhombifolia	Madagascar	De Prins, J. & Kawahara, A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Zootaxa 3594:1-283.	103
Malvaceae	Sida rhombifolia	Reunion island	Bippus, M. 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27:18-35.	27
Solanaceae	Solanum sp.	Madagascar	Paulian, R. & Viette, P. 1955. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Sér. E, 6:141-281, 8 pls.	153

* The record of Solanum needs confirmation (see De Prins & Kawahara 2012: 104).