Parectopa tyriancha Meyrick, 1920

Prins, Jurate De, Hartley, Diana, Sruoga, Virginijus, Nicholls, James, Wallace, Jesse & Zwick, Andreas, 2025, Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics, Zootaxa 5616 (1), pp. 1-340 : 221-225

Parectopa tyriancha Meyrick, 1920

( Fig. 448)

“ Parectopa tyriancha , n. sp. ”—Meyrick, E., 1920. Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 2(10): 296. https://www. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9808702

Parectopa tyriancha — Turner 1940: 69; Nielsen & Kumata 1996: 48; De Prins & De Prins 2005: 223.

Type locality: [ Australia], Queensland, Brisbane .

Type specimen: Holotype ♀, coll. Walsingham nr. 19199, body and basal area of wing in imperfect condition, BMNH(E) 1407829, in NHMUK (London).

Specimens examined: Holotype ♀: with abdomen, [1] ‘Toowong, Queensland, 24 October 1896, leg. Dodd, 19199’; [2] Type; [3] ‘ Parectopa tyriancha Meyrick , TYPE’; [4] ‘ Parectopa tyriancha Meyrick , teste Meyrick’; [5] ‘BMNH(E) 1407829’, in NHMUK (London).

Morphological diagnostic characterisation: length of forewing ca. 3.3 mm. Wing span ca. 7.4 mm ( Fig. 448).

Thorax ( Fig. 448): Forewing narrow, equally wide from base to apex; ground colour of the costal part of the forewing light ochreous beige and of the dorsal part brightly reddish; costal margin bears two irregularly shaped strigae edged with dark brown scales, followed by a transverse fascia that is angulated at tornus; dorsal margin with a broad bi-coloured white-yellow triangular striga in the mid of the dorsal margin; apex with a big eye-catching black apical patch; apical and fringe lines imperceptible; fringe long, beige brown. Hindwing narrow, shorter than the forewing, dark brown; fringe long, longer at dorsum, beige brown, lighter in shading than the hindwing.

Note: the image on Fig. 448 is out of focus, but this is our best obtained image.

Abdomen. No data.

BOLD data: No data.

GenBank data: No data.

Mitogenomic data: No data.

Bionomics: No data.

Distribution: Australia: Queensland ( Meyrick 1920: 296).

23. Philodoria Walsingham, 1907

“ Philodoria , gen. nov. ”—Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey), 1907. Microlepidoptera. In: Sharp, D. (Ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 717.

Type species: Philodoria succedanea Walsingham, 1907 , by original designation. Philodoria was included in the “ Glyphipterygidae ” by Fletcher, 1929. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India (Entomology) 11: 172. It was transferred to the “Gracilariadae” by Swezey, 1934. Proceedings of the Hawaii Entomological Society 8: 524 ( Nye & Fletcher 1991: 236). Philodoria was included within the subfamily Gracillariinae by & Robinson 1998: 114. The Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea . In: Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology. Lepidoptera . Moths and Butterflies. Vol. 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

BOLD data: https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon= Philodoria &searchTax=Searc h+Taxonomy

GenBank data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term= Philodoria

Mitogenomic data: No data.

Bionomics: Asteraceae : Argyroxiphium greyanum (Hillebr.) O. Deg. ( Philodoria wilkesiella Swezey, 1940 ), Dubautia knudsenii subsp. nagatae (H.St. John) G.D. Carr ( P. knudseniiella Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 ), D. latifolia (A. Grey) D.D. Keck ( P. knudseniiella ), D. laxa Hook. & Arn. ( P. alakaiensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 , P. dubauticola ( Swezey, 1940) , P. dubautiella ( Swezey, 1913) , P. epibathra ( Walsingham, 1907) , P. naenaeiella ( Swezey, 1940)) , D. platyphylla (A. Grey) D.D. Keck ( P. platyphylliella Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 ), Dubautia sp. ( P. dubauticola , P. epibathra , P. marginestrigata ( Walsingham, 1907) , P. nigrelloides ( Swezey, 1946)) , Hesperomannia arborescens A. Grey ( P. hesperomanniella Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 , P. naenaeiella ), Lipochaeta rockii Sherff. ( P. sciallactis ( Meyrick, 1928b)) , Remya kauaiensis Hillebr. ( P. keahii Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 ), Wilkesia gymnoxiphium A. Grey ( P. funkae Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 ), Wollastonia integrifolia (Nutt.) Orchard ( P. sciallactis ), W. kamolensis (O. Deg. & Sherff) Orchard ( P. sciallactis ), W. lavarum (Gaudich.) Orchard ( P. lipochaetaella ( Swezey, 1940)) , Xanthium sp. ( P. marginestrigata ), X. strumarium L. ( P. marginestrigata ).

Ebenaceae : Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg , D. sandwicensis (A.DC.) Fosberg ( Philodoria lama Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 , P. napaliensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 ).

Malvaceae : Abutilon grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet , A. incanum (Link) Sweet , Abutilon sp. ( P. marginestrigata ), Hibiscus arnottianus A. Grey , Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Hibiscus sp. ( P. hibiscella ( Swezey, 1913)) , H. tiliaceus L. ( P. hauicola ( Swezey, 1910) , P. hibiscella ( Swezey, 1913)) , H. waimeae A. Heller ( P. limahuliensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 ), Sida cordifolia L, S. fallax Walp. , S. rhombifolia L., Sida sp. ( Philodoria marginestrigata ).

Myrtaceae : Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. ( P. basalis Walsingham, 1907 , P. splendida Walsingham, 1907 ).

Pittosporaceae : Pittosporum sp. ( P. pittosporella ( Swezey, 1928)) .

Primulaceae : Lysimachia hillebrandii Hook.f.ex A. Grey ( P. lysimachiella Swezey, 1928 , P. molokaiensis Swezey, 1928 ), Myrsine inearifolia Hosaka , M. knudsenii (Rock) Hosaka ( P. succedanea ), M. lanaiensis Hillebr. ( P. kauaulaensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018 ), M. lessertiana A.DC. ( P. auromagnifica Walsingham, 1907 , P. kolea Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2018 , P. succedanea ), M. sandwicensis A.DC. ( P. auromagnifica , P. kauaulaensis , P. succedanea ), Myrsine sp. ( P. auromagnifica , P. succedanea ), Myrsine wawraea (Mez) Hosaka ( P. auromagnifica ).

Solanaceae : Datura sp. ( P. marginestrigata )).

Urticaceae : Neraudia melastomatifolia Gaudich. ( P. neraudicola ( Swezey, 1920) , Pipturus albidus (Hook. & Arn.) A. Grey ex H. Mann , P. costalis Swezey, 1934 , P. floscula Walsingham, 1907 , P. haelaauensis Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 , P. micropetala Walsingham, 1907 , P. neraudicola , P. obamaorum Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 , P. pipturicola Swezey, 1915 , P. pipturiella Swezey, 1923 ), Pipturus sp. ( P. costalis , P. floscula , P. haelaauensis , P. micropetala , P. obamaorum , P. pipturiana Swezey, 1923 , P. pipturicola , P. pipturiella ), Touchardia latifolia Gaudich. ( P. touchardiella ( Swezey, 1928)) , T. sandwicensis (Wedd.) ( P. opuhe Kobayashi, Johns & Kawahara, 2021 , P. ureraella ( Swezey, 1915) , P. urerana ( Swezey, 1915)) , Urera kaalae Wawra ( P. opuhe ).

Distribution: Australian region: United States of America: Hawaii.

Species richness: World: 45 species; Australian region: 45 species.

Type species: Philodoria succedanea Walsingham, 1907

“ Philodoria succedanea , sp. nov. ”—Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey), 1907. Microlepidoptera. In: Sharp, D. (Ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 717–718; pl. 25, fig. 19.

Type locality and collecting data: Hawaii, Maui, Olinda, Haleakala , 4000 ft, iv.1894, leg. Perkins.

Type specimens: Lectotype ♀, coll. Walsingham nr. 26695, NHMUK 010305341 , designated by Kobayashi et al. (2018: 118) ; Paralectotypes 17 specimens (2♂, 1♀, 14 gender unknown), coll. Walsingham, genitalia slide BM 2755 ♂, in NHMUK (London) .

BOLD data: https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon= Philodoria+succedanea &sear chTax=Search+Taxonomy

GenBank data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term= Philodoria+succedanea

Mitogenomic data: No data.

Bionomics: Primulaceae : Myrsine inearifolia Hosaka , M. knudsenii (Rock) Hosaka ( Kobayashi et al. 2018: 123) , M. lessertiana A. DC. M. sandwicensis A. DC. ( Johns et al. 2016: 364) , Myrsine sp. ( Zimmerman 1978: 718).

Distribution: Australian region: United States of America: Hawaii (Hawaii), Hawaii (Molokai) ( Zimmerman 1978: 718), Hawaii (Kauai), Hawaii (Lanai), Hawaii (Oahu) ( Kobayashi et al. 2018: 123), Hawaii (Maui) ( Walsingham 1907: 718).

Australasian (Australian) species

All species belonging to the genus Philodoria are endemic to Hawaii. This genus was not recorded in Australia. The treatment of Philodoria species is outside the scope of the present monograph.

24. Phrixosceles Meyrick, 1908a

“ Phrixosceles , n. g. ”—Meyrick, E., 1908a. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (4): 814.

Type species: Phrixosceles trochosticha Meyrick, 1908a , by original designation.

BOLD data: https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon= Phrixosceles &searchTax=Se arch+Taxonomy

GenBank data: No data.

Mitogenomic data: No data.

Bionomics: Fabaceae : Wisteria brachybotrys Siebold & Zucc. ( Phrixosceles scioplintha Meyrick, 1934 ). Distribution: Australasian (Australian) region: Fiji.

Oriental region: Sri Lanka; India: Meghalaya, Maharashtra (Salsette Island), Tamilnadu; Japan: Honshū, Kyūshū; Taiwan.

Species richness: World: 8 species; Australian region: 1 species.

Type species: Phrixosceles trochosticha Meyrick, 1908a

“ Phrixosceles trochosticha , n. sp. ”—Meyrick, E., 1908a. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (4): 815. https:// www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222556

Type locality: [ India, Meghalaya], Khasi Hills .

Type specimens: 6 syntypes (♂ and ♀), in NHMUK (London) .

BOLD data: No data.

GenBank data: No data.

Mitogenomic data: No data.

Bionomics: Unknown.

Distribution: Oriental region: India: Meghalaya ( Meyrick 1908a: 815).

Australasian (Australian) species