Open AccessA NEW GENUS PERTHIDA FOR THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JARRAH LEAF MINER P. GLYPHOPA SP. N. AND TINEA PHOENICOPA MEYRICK (LEPIDOPTERA: INCURVARIIDAE)
Author(s) -
Common I. F. B.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1969.tb00745.x
Subject(s) - biology , lepidoptera genitalia , botany , eucalyptus , genus , pest analysis
The jarrah leaf miner, a pest of Eucalyptus marginata Sm. in south‐western Australia, is assigned to a new genus and species, Perthida glyphopa. Tinea phoenicopa Meyrick from eastern Australia is shown to be congeneric.