Phyllonorycter

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Phyllonorycter
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Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Hübner, 1822
Species

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Synonyms
  • LithocolletisHübner, 1825
  • ArgyromygesJ. Curtis 1829
  • ArgyromisStephens, 1829
  • EucestisHübner, 1825
  • HirsutaBruand, 1851 (unavailable name)

Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

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Diversity

The genus comprises about 400 species, with a worldwide distribution. The vast majority of species are found in the temperate regions, with about 257 species described from the Palaearctic region and 81 from the Nearctic. In the tropics, the genus is species-poor, with 36 species described from Indo-Australia, 13 from the Neotropics and 22 from the Afrotropical region. [1] In 2012, a further 27 species were described from the Afrotropics. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, Jurate; Mozuraitis, Raimondas; Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Rougerie, Rodolphe. "Sex attractant, distribution and DNA barcodes for the Afrotropical leaf-mining moth Phyllonorycter melanosparta (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2281: 53–67.
  2. ↑ De Prins, Jurate; Kawahara, Akito Y. (2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3594: 1–283. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3594.1.1 .
  3. 1 2 3 Davis, Donald R.; De Prins, Jurate (2011). "Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)". ZooKeys (98): 29–82. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.98.925 . PMC   3095132 . PMID   21594070.
  4. ↑ Davis, Donald R.; Deschka, Gerfried (2001). "Biology and Systematics of the North Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptical Catalogue of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 614 (614): 1–89. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.614.
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