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Chrysaster Kumata 1961
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Chrysaster Kumata, 1961
Chrysaster Kumata, 1961: 52.
Type species: Chrysaster hagicola Kumata, 1961.
The diagnosis of the genus is given by Kumata (1961). Larvae mine leaves of Fabaceae. Thus far, a total of seven plant species, Lespedeza bicolor Turcz., L. cyrtobotrya Miq., Robinia hispida L., R. neomexicana A. Gray, R. pseudoacacia L., R. viscosa Vent. and Robinia sp. have been recorded as hosts of both C. hagicola Kumata, 1961 and C. ostensackenella (Fitch, 1859) (Kumata 1961; De Prins & De Prins 2005, 2014).
The genus Chrysaster is reported for the first time from China.
Notes
Published as part of Bai, Haiyan, Xu, Jiasheng & Dai, Xiaohua, 2015, Three new species, two newly recorded species and one newly recorded genus of Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from China, pp. 229-235 in Zootaxa 4032 (2) on page 230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/243156
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- Scientific name authorship
- Kumata
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gracillariidae
- Genus
- Chrysaster
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chrysaster Kumata, 1961 sec. Bai, Xu & Dai, 2015
References
- Kumata, T. (1961) Descriptions of a new genus and a new species of Gracillariidae from Japan (Lepidoptera). Insecta Matsumurana, 24 (1), 52 - 56.
- Fitch, A. (1859) Fifth Report. In: Report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects of the State of New York. C. Van Benthuysen, Albany, pp. 47 - 58.
- De Prins, W. & De Prins, J. (2005) Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). In: World catalogue of insects. Vol. 6. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 502.
- De Prins, W. & De Prins, J. (2014) Global taxonomic database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World wide web electronic publication. Available from: http: // www. gracillariidae. net (accessed 5 May 2015)