Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)

Four New World species of Phyllocnistis Zeller are described from serpentine mines in Persea (Family Lauraceae). Phyllocnistis hyperpersea,new species, mines the upper leaf surfaces of avocado, Persea americana Mill., and red bay, Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. and ranges over much of the southeastern...

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Main Authors: Davis, Donald R., Wagner, David L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095128/