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<mods:title>Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0D0B16C5-745C-433A-9571-169793F72486" authority="Hoare &amp; Van Nieukerken" class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) quintiniae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quintiniae" subGenus="Menurella">
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(Menurella) quintiniae Hoare &amp; Van Nieukerken
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<paragraph pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Holotype. ♂, Tullawalal, Lamington National Park, Qld, [UTM: 56J NP188794], la. 19.viii.2004, 900-940 m, [rainforest], emg. 25.ix.-6.x.2004,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Paracryphiaceae" genus="Quintinia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quintinia verdonii" order="Paracryphiales" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="verdonii">Quintinia verdonii</taxonomicName>
, E.J. van Nieukerken, R.J.B. Hoare, RMNH/EvN no. 2004100, genitalia slide 18720 (anic) (= EJvN 3960). Paratypes. 2♂, 6♀, same data as holotype, genitalia slides ♂: EvN 3736, ♀: EvN 3961, 3993 (anic, rmnh); 2♀, 28.28S,153.07E, Bar Mountain, Border Ranges Nat. Pk, N.S.W., emg. 21-23.viii.2000,
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, C. van den Berg, R.J.B. Hoare (anic, rmnh).
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<paragraph pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Additional material: leafmines from same localities.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Male (Fig. 15). Wingspan 4.7-4.8 mm. Head: frontal tuft ferruginous; collar inconspicuous, consisting of shining pale grey scales; eyecaps basally white, exteriorly shining grey with violet reflections; antennae shining dark grey, whitish beneath, ca. 35-38 segments. Thorax, tegulae and forewing uniform shining fuscous with strong blue to violet reflections; cilia greyish fuscous. Hindwing unmodified, grey; cilia grey. Underside: forewing dark greyish fuscous; hindwing grey. Abdomen shining dark greyish fuscous; anal tuft inconspicuous, fuscous.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Female (Figs 16, 128). Wingspan 5.0-5.8 mm. Similar to male, but antenna with ca. 27 segments, and forewing rather broader.</paragraph>
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Male genitalia (Figs 55-57, 67-69). Capsule ca. 425-465
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long, ovoid. Anterior edge of vinculum rounded, without excavation. Tegumen rounded, without ventral extensions. Uncus rectangular, bilobed, lobes strongly produced, with ca. 6 setae on each. Gnathos central element long, reaching just beyond uncus, tapering apically. Valva (Fig. 56) ca. 305-320
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long, rounded caudally; apically fringed with numerous spine-like setae on dorsal surface; pectinifer absent, but apex of valva thickened and well-sclerotized. Long sublateral processes present. Juxta a subrectangular plate. Aedeagus (Figs 57, 69) ca. 455-480
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long, a curved spine arising towards apex on left. Vesica basally with many broad, short cornuti, grading into field of much larger longer cornuti towards apex.
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Female genitalia (Fig. 78, 79, 95-97). Total length ca. 950
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
. T9 produced on each side into prominent anal papillae, each with a group of 5-6 setae. Apophyses anteriores moderately narrow, curved inwards; apophyses posteriores narrow, straight, distinctly shorter than anteriores. Lateral sclerotizations of vestibulum strongly developed, thick, not forked but with outer tooth-like process at ca.
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
length. Ductus spermathecae with
<normalizedToken originalValue="2½">21/2</normalizedToken>
convolutions. Posterior part of corpus broad, folded, without markings; anterior part rounded, with faint pectinations; signum consisting of broken linear sclerotization surrounded by oval sclerotized ring with blunt dentitions; an elongate band of scobination opposite signum.
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Larva. Green. Head as in Fig. 108; length of head ca. 410
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; width ca. 450
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
. Thorax: prothoracic sternite hourglass-shaped; no additional sclerites. Chaetotaxy and spinosity: T2 with 11 pairs of setae (L3 present); otherwise as described for subgenus
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Casanovula" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Casanovula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Casanovula</taxonomicName>
. Anal rods not forked posteriorly.
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<caption pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
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Figures 104-108.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pectinivalva</taxonomicName>
spp., larval heads, dorsal view (head capsule to left, tentorium above right, mandible below right). 104
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pectinivalva">Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)</taxonomicName>
138 105
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipalpa" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa</taxonomicName>
106
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minotaurus" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus</taxonomicName>
107
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotodes" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) quintiniae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quintiniae" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) quintiniae</taxonomicName>
.
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.
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Host plant:
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F. Muell. (
<taxonomicName genus="Paracryphiaceae" lsidName="Paracryphiaceae" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="genus">Paracryphiaceae</taxonomicName>
). Egg: on either side of leaf. Mine (Fig. 122): a long, meandering gallery, central line of blackish frass taking up most of mine width except near end where gallery broadens and frass takes up only
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
width; exit-hole on underside, a semicircular to oval hole. Cocoon: reddish brown. Occupied mines have been collected on 13 July and 19 August.
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<caption pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
Figures 109-114.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pectinivalva</taxonomicName>
spp., larval prothoracic sclerites. 109-113 Prosternites: 109
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pectinivalva">Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)</taxonomicName>
138 110
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipalpa" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minotaurus" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotodes" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes</taxonomicName>
113
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Enteucha) acmenae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acmenae" subGenus="Enteucha">Pectinivalva (Enteucha) acmenae</taxonomicName>
. 114
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pectinivalva">Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)</taxonomicName>
5, dorsal sclerite, showing surrounding reticulate cuticle; rings indicate positions of setae D1 and XD1.
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</caption>
<caption pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
Figures 115, 116.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pectinivalva</taxonomicName>
spp., larval chaetotaxy. 115
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pectinivalva">Pectinivalva (Pectinivalva)</taxonomicName>
138 116
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipalpa" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
Figures 117-124.
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spp., larval leaf-mines. 117
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipalpa" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) brevipalpa</taxonomicName>
on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Tristaniopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tristaniopsis collina" order="Myrtales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="collina">Tristaniopsis collina</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minotaurus" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus</taxonomicName>
vacated mine on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Lophostemon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lophostemon confertus" order="Myrtales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="confertus">Lophostemon confertus</taxonomicName>
119
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotodes" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) scotodes</taxonomicName>
on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucalyptus pilularis" order="Myrtales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pilularis">Eucalyptus pilularis</taxonomicName>
120
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) acmenae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acmenae" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) acmenae</taxonomicName>
on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Syzygium smithii" order="Myrtales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="smithii">Syzygium smithii</taxonomicName>
121, 122
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on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Paracryphiaceae" genus="Quintinia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quintinia verdonii" order="Paracryphiales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="verdonii">Quintinia verdonii</taxonomicName>
123
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) xenadelpha" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xenadelpha" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) xenadelpha</taxonomicName>
on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Syzygium acuminatissimum" order="Myrtales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminatissimum">Syzygium acuminatissimum</taxonomicName>
124
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) tribulatrix" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tribulatrix" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) tribulatrix</taxonomicName>
vacated mine on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Rhodomyrtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa" order="Myrtales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
Figures 125, 126.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula)" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula)</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella)" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella)</taxonomicName>
spp., cocoon, pupa, live adults. 125
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minotaurus" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus</taxonomicName>
cocoon 126
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male pupa (pharate adult), ventral view 127
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minotaurus" subGenus="Casanovula">Pectinivalva (Casanovula) minotaurus</taxonomicName>
male pupa (pharate adult), dorsal view 128
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live adult male 129
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva (Menurella) xenadelpha" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xenadelpha" subGenus="Menurella">Pectinivalva (Menurella) xenadelpha</taxonomicName>
, female holotype, live.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
Superficially very similar to
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, but lacking the pale tornal forewing spot of that species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Northern N.S.W. (Border Ranges National Park); Southern Queensland, (Lamington National Park).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="dna barcode">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">DNA barcode.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">RMNH.INS.23736, Genbank KC292482, RMNH.INS.23960 (holotype), Genbank KC292481 and RMNH.INS.23961, Genbank KC292480, with one variable nucleotide.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="derivation">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Derivation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">The specific name (a noun in the genitive) is derived from the host-plant genus.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
Currently this is the only species of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Nepticulidae" genus="Pectinivalva" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pectinivalva" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pectinivalva</taxonomicName>
known from a host-plant that does not belong to
<taxonomicName genus="Myrtaceae" lsidName="Myrtaceae" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="genus">Myrtaceae</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Paracryphiaceae" genus="Quintinia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quintinia" order="Paracryphiales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Quintinia</taxonomicName>
was formerly placed in
<taxonomicName genus="Escalloniaceae" lsidName="Escalloniaceae" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="genus">Escalloniaceae</taxonomicName>
, but is now assigned to the small family
<taxonomicName genus="Paracryphiaceae" lsidName="Paracryphiaceae" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="genus">Paracryphiaceae</taxonomicName>
(e.g.,
<bibRefCitation pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Winkworth et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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