Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Ornixolinae (subfamily)/  Epicephala (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Kuznetzov, 1979
Citation:	Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, sp. n.
Original genus:	Epicephala
Publication:	Kuznetzov, V. I. 1979a. A review of the genera of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Palaearctic fauna.
Journal:	Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie
Volume:	58
Issue:	4
Pagination:	854, fig. 23

Epicephala relictella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	Holotype	♂	ZIN	Holotype ♂, ZIN	Russian Federation	[Russia], South Primoriye, Gornotaezhnoe, 12.vii.1978.
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	Paratype	♂	ZIN	Paratypes 36 specimens (♂ and ♀), of which 17 in ZIN (see Baryshnikova 2002: 199).	Russian Federation	[Russia], South Primoriye, Gornotaezhnoe, 12.vii.1978.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	China	Yianjin	Hu, B., Wang, S., Zhang, J. & Li, H. H. 2011. Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species. page 50
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	China	Hebei	Hu, B., Wang, S., Zhang, J. & Li, H. H. 2011. Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species. page 50
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	China	Heilongjiang	Hu, B., Wang, S., Zhang, J. & Li, H. H. 2011. Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species. page 50
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	China	Gansu	Hu, B., Wang, S., Zhang, J. & Li, H. H. 2011. Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species. page 50
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	Korea, Republic of		Kawahara, A. Y., Sohn, J.-C., De Prins, J. & Cho, S. 2010. Five species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) new to Korea. page 132
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	Russian Federation	Primorye region	Kuznetzov, V. I. 1979a. A review of the genera of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Palaearctic fauna. page 854

Plant note:

In the fruit (see Hu et al 2011: 52).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979	Flueggea suffruticosa	Phyllanthaceae	China	Hu, B., Wang, S., Zhang, J. & Li, H. H. 2011. Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species. page 52

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Epicephala relictella (1)

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