Phyllocnistis drimiphaga Kawahara, Nishida & Davis

Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, Zootaxa 4158 (1), pp. 1-51 : 36

Phyllocnistis drimiphaga Kawahara, Nishida & Davis, 2009

" Phyllocnistis drimiphaga Kawahara, Nishida & Davis , sp. n. "—Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K. & Davis,

D.R. 2009. ZooKeys 27: 12–17, figs. 2A, 4A–E, 7A–L, 10A–K.

Type locality: Costa Rica, Prov. Heredia, 6 km NE Vara Blanca , 2050 m, 10°10'34"N 084°06'41"W,

emerged 27.i.2004 from Drimys granadensis , leg. K. Nishida.

Type specimens: Holotype ♀, USNM; Paratypes 2 larvae, 3 pupae, 2♂ and 3♀, USNM, UCR, INBIO. Distribution : Costa Rica (Kawahara et al. 2009: 14).

Larval hostplant(s): Winteraceae : Drimys granadensis L. f. (Kawahara et al. 2009: 16). Parasitoids: Encyrtidae : Ageniaspis sp. (Kawahara et al. 2009: 16).