Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola

♂Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gracillarioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Superfamilia: Gracillarioidea

Familia: Gracillariidae
Subfamilia: Phyllocnistinae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola

Name

Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola Kawahara, Nishida & D.R. Davis, 2009

Type locality: Costa Rica, Province Cartago, Cerro de la Muerte, Villa Mills, 3100 m.

Holotype: USNM. male. 13.III.2003.

References

• Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K. & Davis, D.R., 2009: Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae). Zookeys 27: 7–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.27.250. Reference page. 

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