Phyllocnistis maxberryi Kawahara, Nishida & Davis

Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, Zootaxa 4158 (1), pp. 1-51 : 36

Phyllocnistis maxberryi Kawahara, Nishida & Davis, 2009

" Phyllocnistis maxberryi Kawahara, Nishida & Davis , sp. n. "—Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K. & Davis, D.R.

2009. ZooKeys 27: 17–20, figs. 2B, 5A–F, 8A–L, 11A–I.

Type locality: Costa Rica, Prov. San José, Cerro de la Muerte, Villa Mills, 3100 m, emerged 13.iii.2003

from Gaiadendron punctatum , leg. K. Nishida.

Type specimens: Holotype ♀, USNM; Paratypes 9 larvae, 8 pupae, 7♂ and 2♀, genitalia slides USNM

33279, 33280, 33286, USNM, UCR.

Distribution: Costa Rica (Kawahara et al. 2009: 19).

Larval hostplant(s): Loranthaceae : Gaiadendron punctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don. (Kawahara et al. 2009 :

19).

Parasitoids: Eulophidae : Chrysocharis sp. (Kawahara et al. 2009: 19).