Phyllocnistis petronellii Brito & Lopez-Vaamonde, 2017

SUBFAMILY	Phyllocnistinae
GENUS	Phyllocnistis
SPECIES	petronellii
AUTHOR	Brito & Lopez-Vaamonde, 2017
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Phyllocnistis peronellii Brito & Lopez-Vaamonde, sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	French Guiana, Sinnamary, Paracou Research Station, 5°16'N 52°55'W, 30 m, 11.xi.2015, leg. C. Lopez-Vaamonde.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: 5°16'0" Longitude: -52°55'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide GRPM 50-143♀, MNHN; Paratype specimen, MNHN.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of seven new species and host plant associations. - Zootaxa 4341(3):301-352.
PAGINATION	319-320, Figs 3Q, 4Q, 5, 6H, S1
DNA VOUCHERS	LEPPC2393-16, LEPPC2394-16
GENBANK	KY682706 Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017 :305 KY682705 Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017 :305

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
French Guiana		Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of seven new species and host plant associations. - Zootaxa 4341(3):301-352.	319

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Hypericaceae	Vismia guianensis	French Guiana	Brito, R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Gonçalves, G. L., Becker, V. O., Mielke, O. H. H. & Moreira, G. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of seven new species and host plant associations. - Zootaxa 4341(3):301-352.	319

* No information about the mine in the original description of P. petronellii (Brito et al. 2017: 319).