Eumetriochroa panacitorsens (Watt, 1920)

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SUBFAMILY Phyllocnistinae
GENUSEumetriochroa
SPECIES panacitorsens
AUTHOR(Watt, 1920)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONParectopa panacitorsens n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[New Zealand], [Flagstaff DN], Mount Egmont, 3000 ft.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -39°16'45" Longitude: 173°45'7"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Lectotype ♀, NMNZ, designated by Dugdale (1988: 71), figured by Watt (1920, pl. 30, fig. 3).
STATUSSpecies
COMMENTHas been synonymized under Gracilaria aellomacha Meyrick, 1880 by Meyrick (1923: 167), see also Hudson (1928: 322). Transferred to Eumetriochroa by Hoare et al. (2019: 65).
PUBLICATION Watt, M. N. 1920. The leaf-mining insects of New Zealand. - Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 52:439-466, 30 pls.
PAGINATION 449-452, figs. 7-11; pl. 30, fig. 3

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
New Zealand   Watt, M. N. 1920. The leaf-mining insects of New Zealand. - Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 52:439-466, 30 pls. 449

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Araliaceae Nothopanax arboreum New Zealand Watt, M. N. 1920. The leaf-mining insects of New Zealand. - Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 52:439-466, 30 pls. 449
Araliaceae Nothopanax sinclairii New Zealand Watt, M. N. 1920. The leaf-mining insects of New Zealand. - Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 52:439-466, 30 pls. 449
Araliaceae Panax sp. New Zealand Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. - Fauna of New Zealand 14:1-262. 71
Araliaceae Raukaua simplex New Zealand Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62. 65

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