Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916

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Higher taxa:	Choreutidae (family)/  Choreutinae (subfamily)/  Brenthia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1916
Citation:	Brenthia leptocosma, n. sp.
Original genus:	Brenthia
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1.
Journal:	—
Volume:	1
Issue:	16–20
Pagination:	560
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10440480

Brenthia leptocosma (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	7 Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	Mauritius	Mauritius, Réduit, leg. de Charnoy.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Mauritius		Meyrick E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. page 560
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Réunion		Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. page 204

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Cordia abyssinica	Boraginaceae	Mauritius	Williams J. R. 1951. The bionomics and morphology of Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick (Lep., Glyphipterygidae). page 629
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Cordia africana	Boraginaceae	Réunion	Bippus M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosm..., Batrachedridae). page 71
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Cordia holstii	Boraginaceae	Mauritius	Williams J. R. 1951. The bionomics and morphology of Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick (Lep., Glyphipterygidae). page 629
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Cordia myxa	Boraginaceae	Mauritius	Williams J. R. 1951. The bionomics and morphology of Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick (Lep., Glyphipterygidae). page 629
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Ehretia cymosa	Boraginaceae	Réunion	Bippus M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosm..., Batrachedridae). page 71

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Crateulophus borboricus	Eulophidae	Réunion	Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. page 204
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Crateulophus borboricus	Eulophidae	Mauritius	Kerrich G. J. 1969. Systematic studies on eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea), mostly of coffee leaf-miners in Africa. page 204
Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916	Venanides curticornis	Braconidae	Réunion	Madl M. & van Achterberg C. 2014. A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion. page 149

Brenthia leptocosma (1)

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