Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)

SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	obscuricostella
AUTHOR	(Clemens, 1859)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	L.[ithocolletis] obscuricostella.
TYPE LOCALITY	[U.S.A.], Kentucky.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Not stated, "1 Ky. (not recognizable.)", CMCZ (Hagen 1884: 152); one type, "with right fore wing missing, otherwise in good condition" (Busck 1903: 188).
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Clemens, B. 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. - No. 2 - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [1859]:317-328.
PAGINATION	318, 321-322

Species Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
virginiella	(Chambers, 1871)	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
United States, US	Connecticut	Maier, C. T. 1988c. Gracillariid hosts of Sympiesis marylandensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in New England. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81(5):728-732.	731
United States, US	Illinois	Godfrey, G. L., Cashatt, E. D. & Glenn, M. O. 1987. Microlepidoptera from the Sandy Creek and Illinois River Region: An annotated checklist of the suborders Dacnonypha, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia (in part) (Insecta). - — :1-44.	16
United States, US	Kentucky	Chambers, V. T. 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 3(3-12):54-58, 84-88, 108-112, 127-130, 146-149, 161-166, 182-185, 205-209, 221-224.	85
United States, US	Pennsylvania	Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A list of the North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of Insects. - Bulletin of the United States National Museum 52 (1902):xix + 1-723.	552
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.	40
United States, US		Clemens, B. 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. - No. 2 - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [1859]:317-328.	321

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Betulaceae	Ostrya sp.	U.S.A.	Chambers, V. T. 1879a. Micro-Lepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 11:72-75, 89-93, 118-119, 125-127.	92
Betulaceae	Ostrya virginiana	U.S.A.	Ely, C. R. 1918. A revision of the North-American Gracilariidae [sic] from the standpoint of venation. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 19B (1917)(1-4):29-77.	57
Betulaceae	Ostrya virginica	U.S.A.	Clemens, B. 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. - No. 2 - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [1859]:317-328.	322

* Small tentiform mine on underside of leaf.

Species Parasitoids

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Eulophidae	Sympiesis marylandensis	U.S.A.	Maier, C. T. 1988c. Gracillariid hosts of Sympiesis marylandensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in New England. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81(5):728-732.	731