Phyllonorycter yamadai Kumata, 1973

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SUBFAMILY Lithocolletinae
GENUSPhyllonorycter
SPECIES yamadai
AUTHORKumata, 1973
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPhyllonorycter yamadai n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITYNepal, Kathmandu, Balaju, e.l. Engelhardia spicata 12.vii.1968, leg. T. Kumata.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-1443♂, EIHU; Paratypes 2♀, EIHU.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Kumata, T. 1973. On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 1:1-45, 4 pls.
PAGINATION 17-18, fig. 7; pl. 1, fig. G

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Species Distribution

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Nepal   Kumata, T. 1973. On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 1:1-45, 4 pls. 18

Host Plants

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Juglandaceae Engelhardia spicata Nepal Kumata, T. 1973. On the genus Phyllonorycter or Lithocolletis from Central Nepal, with descriptions of twelve new species - notes on Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal, I. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 1:1-45, 4 pls. 18

*   A very small blotch-mine on lower surface of leaf, situated on space between two lateral veins or rarely along leaf margin, elliptical to quadrangular in form.