Telamoptilia grewiae Liu, Wang & Li, 2015

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SUBFAMILY Acrocercopinae
GENUSTelamoptilia
SPECIES grewiae
AUTHORLiu, Wang & Li, 2015
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONTelamoptilia grewiae sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYChina, Tianjin, Ji county, Mt. Baxian National Nature Reserve, 300-600 m, larva Grewia biloba 06.ix.2013, e. l. 09.iii.2014, leg. T. Liu.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 40°11'3" Longitude: 117°32'55"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, NKUM; Paratypes 9♂, 7♀, genitalia slides LTT12255♀, LTT12256-7♂, LTT12261♂, LTT12555♀, LTT1255-7♂, LTT12561♂.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Liu, T., Wang, S. & Li, H. H. 2015. Description of Telamoptilia grewiae sp.n. and the consequences for the definition of the genera Telamoptilia and Spulerina (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae). - ZooKeys 479:121-133.
PAGINATION 123-133 Bhl

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
China Tiangin Liu, T., Wang, S. & Li, H. H. 2015. Description of Telamoptilia grewiae sp.n. and the consequences for the definition of the genera Telamoptilia and Spulerina (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae). - ZooKeys 479:121-133. 131

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Malvaceae Grewia biloba China Liu, T., Wang, S. & Li, H. H. 2015. Description of Telamoptilia grewiae sp.n. and the consequences for the definition of the genera Telamoptilia and Spulerina (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae). - ZooKeys 479:121-133.  

*   Mine is on the upper surface of the host plant leaf. The mine begins as an epidermal silvery curved white line which soon enlarges to a whitish blotch. As the larva develops the blotch usually incorporates the earlier linear mine. The last instar larva vacates the mine for pupation by chewing a semicircular opening near the margin of the blotch.