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Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880)

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Higher taxa: Gracillariidae (family)/  Ornixolinae (subfamily)/  Polysoma (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Meyrick, 1880)
Citation:Grac.[ilaria] eumetalla, n. sp.
Original genus:Gracillaria
Publication:Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina.
Journal:Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
Volume:5
Issue:1
Pagination:160
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455825
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Polysoma eumetalla (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Polysoma by E. S. Nielsen & T. Kumata (1996: 48). Most probably the senior name of Conopomorpha heliopla, Meyrick, 1907.

Nielsen, E. S. & Kumata, T. 1996. Gracillariidae. – In: Nielsen, E. S., Edwards, E. D. & Rangsi, T. V. (Eds.), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Volume 4.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Lectotype ♂ BMNH Lectotype ♂, BMNH(E)1055711, BMNH, designated by Dugdale (1988: 71) Australia [Australia, Queensland], Brisbane. Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Lectotype ♂ BMNH 3 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, BMNH. Australia [Australia, Queensland], Brisbane. Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 160
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Queensland Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia New South Wales Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. page 160
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia South Australia Common, I. F. B. 1990. Moths of Australia. page 200
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Tasmania Turner, A. J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Gracilariidae [sic] (Lepidoptera). page 57
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Australia Victoria Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. page 57
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) New Zealand Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 71
Plant note:

In the surface of galls produced by the rust Uromycladium and other organisms (Common 1990: 200).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia sp. Fabaceae Australia Meyrick, E. 1907a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III. IV. page 57
Polysoma eumetalla (Meyrick, 1880) Acacia sp. Fabaceae New Zealand Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. page 71
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Polysoma eumetella (Turner, 1894) (Turner, 1894) species Misapplied Gracillaria eumetella