Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)

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FAMILY Lyonetiidae
SUBFAMILY Cemiostominae
GENUS Leucoptera
SPECIES coffeella
AUTHOR(Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONElachista coffeella
TYPE LOCALITYAntilles.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes, MNHN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Guérin-Méneville F. E. & Perrottet 1842. Mémoire sur un insecte et un champignon qui ravagent les caféiers aux Antilles. - Revue zoologique, par la Société cuvierienne 5:126-127.
PAGINATION 126-127 Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Le Pelley R. H. 1932. On the pest-status of certain coffee-feeding insects, with records newly recorded from coffee in Kenya. - Journal of East African Natural History 40-41 (1931):67-77. 72
Madagascar   Giard A. 1898. Sur l'existence de Cemiostoma coffeella (Guérin-Mén.) à l'île de la Réunion. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 67:201-203. 201
Mauritius   Giard A. 1898. Sur l'existence de Cemiostoma coffeella (Guérin-Mén.) à l'île de la Réunion. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 67:201-203. 201
Réunion   Giard A. 1898. Sur l'existence de Cemiostoma coffeella (Guérin-Mén.) à l'île de la Réunion. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 67:201-203. 201
Tanzania   Notley F. B. 1948. The Leucoptera leaf miners of coffee on Kilimanjaro. I. Leucoptera coffeella Guér. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 39(3):399-416.  
Uganda   Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 59 (1968):195-228, pl. 7. 219

Notes:  Nearctic: North America; Neotropical: Antilles, Brazil, Venezuela. See Ghesquière (1940: 80), Viette (1957c: 139), and Bradley (1959c: 417); probably all Afrotropical records refer to Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière, 1940.

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Rubiaceae Coffea arabica Réunion Delacroix G. 1900. Les maladies des caféiers. - — :722-725. 722
Rubiaceae Coffea sp. Kenya Le Pelley R. H. 1932. On the pest-status of certain coffee-feeding insects, with records newly recorded from coffee in Kenya. - Journal of East African Natural History 40-41 (1931):67-77. 72

Species Parasitoids

FAMILYSPECIESCOUNTRYPUBLICATION
Eulophidae Chrysocharis lamellata Tanzania Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 59 (1968):195-228, pl. 7.
Eulophidae Platocharis coffeae Uganda Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 59 (1968):195-228, pl. 7.
Eulophidae Platocharis coffeae La Réunion Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 59 (1968):195-228, pl. 7.
Eulophidae Schizocharis amaniensis Tanzania Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 59 (1968):195-228, pl. 7.
Eulophidae Sympiesis comosus Tanzania Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 59 (1968):195-228, pl. 7.