470. Matsumuraeses melanaula (Meyrick, 1916)

Eucosma melanaula Meyrick, 1916; Exotic Microlepid. 2: 17.

TL: India, Bengal, Pusa [now in Bihar].

Distribution: India (Bihar, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Nepal (Diakonoff 1972, 1976; Komai 1999; Rose & Pooni 2003).

Hosts: Larvae feed in flowers and seed pods of Cajanus indicus, Phaseolus aconitifolius, P. mungo, P. radiatus, and Vigna mungo (all Fabaceae) (Meyrick 1916; Fletcher 1921; Diakonoff 1972; Komai 1999).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 372).