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Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/ Lithocolletinae (subfamily)/ Neolithocolletis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1919)
Citation:	Lithocolletis pentadesma, n. sp.
Original genus:	Lithocolletis
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1919a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2.
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
Issue:	8–9
Pagination:	230
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9808628

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Neolithocolletis pentadesma (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Holotype	unknown	NHMUK	Holotype, abdomen missing (see J. De Prins & A. Kawahara 2012: 31), NHMUK	Indonesia	[Indonesia], Java, Buitenzorg [Bogor], e.l. Pterocarpus indicus ix.1918, leg. Roepke.	De Prins J. & Kawahara A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) page 230
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	8 Paratypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	Indonesia	[Indonesia], Java, Buitenzorg [Bogor], e.l. Pterocarpus indicus ix.1918, leg. Roepke.	De Prins J. & Kawahara A. Y. 2012. Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) page 230

Distribution note:

Oriental: Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Sarawak, Selangor, West Malaysia), Philippines (Luzon). The record of Hong Kong (W. De Prins & J. De Prins 2005: 214) is unsubstantiated (H. Y. Bai et al. 2009: 502).

Bai, H. Y., Li, H. H. & Kendrick, R. C. 2009. Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioideae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Seychelles	Fregate	Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 23 (introduced)
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Seychelles	Mahé	Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. page 23 (introduced)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Pterocarpus indicus	Fabaceae	Indonesia	Meyrick E. 1919a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2. page 230
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Pterocarpus indicus	Fabaceae	Malaysia	Kumata T. 1993. A contribution to the knowledge of the Malaysian Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), with a revision of Indian Cameraria associated with Leguminosae. page 10
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Pterocarpus indicus	Fabaceae	Philippines	Kumata T. 1995. Some species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera) collected in the Philippines. page 109
Neolithocolletis pentadesma (Meyrick, 1919)	Pterocarpus javanicus	Fabaceae		Robinson G. S., Ackery P. R., Kitching I. J., Beccaloni G. W. & Hernández L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. page 274

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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