Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière, 1940

Permalink

FAMILY Lyonetiidae
SUBFAMILY Cemiostominae
GENUS Leucoptera
SPECIES meyricki
AUTHORGhesquière, 1940
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONL.[eucoptera] meyricki n. n.
TYPE LOCALITYKenya, Kabete, e.l. 22.i.1922, leg. H. E. Box.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Lectotype ♂, designated by J. D. Bradley (1959c: 417), BMNH; Paralectotype 4♂, 1♀, one specimen lost, only pin remaining, the ♀ identified as L. daricella (see Bradley 1959c: 417), BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTSee also P. Viette (1996: 15); has been misidentified as Leucoptera coffeella Guérin by E. Meyrick (Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 557).
PUBLICATION Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés Sér. III (II) 7(1):1-120, pls i-v.
PAGINATION 80, footnote

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Central African Republic   Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. - — :i-viii, 1-434. 93
Ethiopia   Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. - — :i-viii, 1-434. 93
Kenya   Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés Sér. III (II) 7(1):1-120, pls i-v. 80
Madagascar   Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 134 (as coffeella)
Malawi   Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. - — :i-viii, 1-434. 93
Mauritius   Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 134 (as coffeella)
Réunion   Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 134 (as coffeella)
Saudi Arabia   Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 134 (as coffeella)
South Africa Mpumalanga Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. 538
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. 538
Tanzania   Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 134 (as coffeella)
Uganda   Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 134 (as coffeella)
Zimbabwe   Waller J. M., Bigger M. & Hillocks R. J. 2007. Coffee pests, diseases and their management. - — :i-viii, 1-434. 93

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Rubiaceae Coffea arabica Réunion Guillermet C. 2011c. Les Hétérocères ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. - — 4:1-556, pls 1-13. 161
Rubiaceae Mussaenda arcuata Tanzania Bigger M. 1967. Pest profiles II - Leaf miners. - Tanganyika Coffee News 1967:149-158. 151
Rubiaceae Coffea robusta Tanzania Bigger M. 1967. Pest profiles II - Leaf miners. - Tanganyika Coffee News 1967:149-158. 151
Rubiaceae Coffea sp. Kenya Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 141
Rubiaceae Coffea sp. Tanzania Box H. E. 1923. The bionomics of the white coffee-leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella Guér. in Kenya Colony (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(1):133-145. 141
Rubiaceae Coffea arabica Kenya Mwangi C. M. 1989. An atlas of coffee pests and diseases: illustrations of the common insect pests, diseases and deficiency syndromes of Coffea arabica in Kenya. 3rd revision. - — :i-xx, 1-256. 76
Rubiaceae Coffea arabica South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. 538

*   See also H. E. Box (1923: 133-142, as Leucoptera coffeella), Notley (1948: 399-416, as Leucoptera coffeella, 1956), M. Bigger (1967: 149-150).

Species Parasitoids

FAMILYSPECIESCOUNTRYPUBLICATION
Eulophidae Achrysocharis sp. Kenya 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 Chrysonotomyia sp. South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785.
Eulophidae Cirrospilus crowei Kenya 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 Cirrospilus sp. South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785.
Eulophidae Sympiesis comosus 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.