Species Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes Hoare, 2013

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• Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes Hoare, R.J.B. & van Nieukerken, E.J. 2013. Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) with new subgenera and species. ZooKeys 278: 1-64 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (ex. Eucalyptus pilularis), Leslie Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia [27.36 S, 151.59 E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 6 ♂ & 4 ♀ (ex. Eucalyptus pilularis), Leslie Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia [37.36 S, 151.59 E]; RMNH 5 ♂ & 4 ♀ (ex. Eucalyptus pilularis), J.E. Duggan Park, Leslie Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia [27.36 S, 151.59 E]; ANIC 4 ♂ & 2 ♀ (ex. Eucalyptus carnea), McAffee's Lookout, Brisbane, Forest Park, Queensland, Australia; 4 ♂ & 3 ♀ (ex. Eucalyptus acmenoides), Lisarow, New South Wales, Australia; 1 ♂ (ex. Eucalyptus pilularis), Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus pilularis [MYRTACEAE] (other hosts include E. carnea, E. acmenoides and probably E. saligna)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Leaf miner (associated flora: Eucalyptus pilularis Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Blackbutt; Eucalyptus carnea R.T.Baker [MYRTACEAE] Thick-leaved Mahogany; Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer, 1843 [MYRTACEAE] White Mahogany).

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