Phyllocnistis verae Kirichenko, Triberti & Lopez-Vaamonde, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY
Russia, Krasnoyarsk, near village Borovoe, left bank of the river Yenisei, rock Berkut, 55.97N, 92.55E, 144 m, ex Cornus
alba, 7.vii.2016 (larva), 14.vii.2016 em., N. Kirichenko leg.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
Latitude: 55°58'0"
Longitude: 92°33'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)
Holotype ♂, SIF; Paratypes 4♂, MSNV.
STATUS
Species
PUBLICATION
Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T., Doorenweerd, C., Ohshima, I., Huang, G.-H., Wang, M., Magnoux, E. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2018a. Systematics of Phyllocnistis leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) feeding on dogwood (Cornus spp.) in Northeast Asia, with the description of three new species - ZooKeys 736:79-118.
Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T., Doorenweerd, C., Ohshima, I., Huang, G.-H., Wang, M., Magnoux, E. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2018a. Systematics of Phyllocnistis leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) feeding on dogwood (Cornus spp.) in Northeast Asia, with the description of three new species - ZooKeys 736:79-118.
Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T., Doorenweerd, C., Ohshima, I., Huang, G.-H., Wang, M., Magnoux, E. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2018a. Systematics of Phyllocnistis leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) feeding on dogwood (Cornus spp.) in Northeast Asia, with the description of three new species - ZooKeys 736:79-118.
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The mine is a very long serpentine subepidermal tunnel, slightly widening to the end, not intersecting itself. The mine ends upon the leaf margin (Kirichenko et al. 2018: 97).