ptychonomous

ptychonomous

English

Adjective

ptychonomous (comparative more ptychonomous, superlative most ptychonomous)

1. (entomology, rare) Having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.)
   • 1963, Insecta matsumurana, page 7:

     Mine : Ptychonomous, on the space between two veins of the lower surface of leaves.

   • 1980, M Doğanlar, A Mutuura, A new species of Phyllonorycter Hbn. (=Lithocolletis Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Gracilariidae [sic]) from western North America.

     [...] Holotype, allotype, and paratype No. 15893 in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. MINE. Ptychonomous, on the lower surface of leaves. BIOLOGY. P. elmaella has three generations a year in the Vancouver district [...]

   • 2016, DS Kim, BK Byun, First discovery of winter-emerging leaf-miner: Phyllonorycter styracis ()(Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from Korea with DNA barcode, in the Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity:

     Styracaceae: Styrax japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. (Kumata 1963). Ptychonomous mine on the upper side of leaves (De Prins and De Prins 2005) [...]