Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea
Family
Gelechiidae
Subfamily
Gelechiinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Litini
Genus
Schneidereria Weber, 1957
Type Species
Schneidereria pistaciella Weber, 1957
Species/Subspecies
Schneidereria platyphracta Meyrick, 1935 (Telphusa)
Type Locality
India, Shelarvadi, Bombay (now in Maharashtra)
Remarks
The larva is a miner that excretes at the open end of the mine. Later instars feed externally in a small shelter formed of a partially cut circle of leaf and excrement. It forms a tunnel with strong strands of silk sewing the long-pointed tip of the leaf (Meyrick 1935).
Distribution
Specific Records
Shelarvadi
States/Union Territories
Maharashtra
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Deccan Peninsula
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