Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Lithocolletinae (subfamily)/  Phyllonorycter (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Clemens, 1859)
Citation:	L.[ithocolletis] obscuricostella.
Original genus:	Lithocolletis
Publication:	Clemens, B. 1859. Contributions to American Lepidopterology. - No. 2
Journal:	Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Volume:	11
Issue:
Pagination:	318, 321–322
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653278

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)		unknown	CMCZ	Not stated, "1 Ky. (not recognizable.)", CMCZ (Hagen 1884: 152)	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Kentucky.	Hagen, H. A. 1884. The types of Tineina in the collection of the museum in Cambridge, Mass. page 318, 321–322
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)		unknown		one type, "with right fore wing missing, otherwise in good condition" (Busck 1903: 188).	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Kentucky.	Hagen, H. A. 1884. The types of Tineina in the collection of the museum in Cambridge, Mass. page 318, 321–322

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	United States, US	Connecticut	Maier, C. T. 1988c. Gracillariid hosts of Sympiesis marylandensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in New England. page 731
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	United States, US	Illinois	Godfrey, G. L., Cashatt, E. D. & Glenn, M. O. 1987. Microlepidoptera from the Sandy Creek and Illinois River Region: An annotated checklist of the suborders Dacnonypha, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia (in part) (Insecta). page 16
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	United States, US	Kentucky	Chambers, V. T. 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. page 85
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	United States, US	Pennsylvania	Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A list of the North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of Insects. page 552
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	United States, US	Maine	Brower, A. E. 1984. A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine, Part 2: The Microlepidoptera, Section 2; Cosmopterigidae through Hepialidae. page 40
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	United States, US		Clemens, B. 1859. Contributions to American Lepidopterology. - No. 2 page 321

Plant note:

Small tentiform mine on underside of leaf.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	Ostrya virginiana	Betulaceae		Ely, C. R. 1918. A revision of the North-American Gracilariidae [sic] from the standpoint of venation. page 57
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	Ostrya virginica	Betulaceae		Clemens, B. 1859. Contributions to American Lepidopterology. - No. 2 page 322

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)	Sympiesis marylandensis	Eulophidae		Maier, C. T. 1988c. Gracillariid hosts of Sympiesis marylandensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in New England. page 731

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Phyllonorycter virginella (Dyar, 1903)	(Dyar, 1903)	species	Misapplied	Lithocolletis virginella
Phyllonorycter virginiella (Chambers, 1871)	(Chambers, 1871)	species	Synonym	Lithocolletis virginiella