Telamoptilia hemistacta (Meyrick, 1924)
SUBFAMILY | Acrocercopinae |
GENUS | Telamoptilia |
SPECIES | hemistacta |
AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1924) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Acrocercops hemistacta, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [India], Bengal [recte Bihar], Pusa. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: 25°58'0" Longitude: 85°38'0" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Not stated. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1924. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(3):65-96. |
PAGINATION | 85 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
India | Bihar | Meyrick, E. 1924. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(3):65-96. | 85 |
Japan | Nansei Shoto (Ryūkyū Islands) | Kuroko, H. 1982. Gracillariidae. - In: Inoue, H.., Sugi, S., Kuroko, H., Moriuti, S & Kawabe, A. (Eds.), Moths of Japan. 2 vols. - — :Chapter pagination: 176-203, pls. 5-7. | 188 |
Madagascar | Viette, P. 1951a. Notes sur quelques Lépidoptères malgaches. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Sér A, 5(1):131-138. | 132 | |
Taiwan, Province of China | Kuroko, H. 1982. Gracillariidae. - In: Inoue, H.., Sugi, S., Kuroko, H., Moriuti, S & Kawabe, A. (Eds.), Moths of Japan. 2 vols. - — :Chapter pagination: 176-203, pls. 5-7. | 188 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Amaranthaceae | Achyranthes aspera | India | Maxwell-Lefroy, H. & Howlett, F. M. 1909. Indian Insect Life. A manual of the Insects of the Plains (Tropical India). - — :1-786. | 538 (as phalarotis) |
Amaranthaceae | Achyranthes aspera | Madagascar | Viette, P. 1951a. Notes sur quelques Lépidoptères malgaches. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar Sér A, 5(1):131-138. | 132 (imported |
Amaranthaceae | Achyranthes japonica Nakai var. hachijoensis | Japan | Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. & Ermolaev, V. P. 1988b. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part II. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 40:1-133. | 64 |