Caloptilia acerifoliella (Chambers, 1875)

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SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Caloptilia
SPECIES	acerifoliella
AUTHOR	(Chambers, 1875)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	G.[racilaria] acerifoliella (n. sp.)
TYPE LOCALITY	[U.S.A.], Colorado, Clear Creek, 9000 ft.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Not stated.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Chambers, V. T. 1875f. Teneina [sic] of Colorado. - Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(4):289-305.
PAGINATION	299-300

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Canada	Alberta	Pohl, G. R., Anweiler, G. G., Schmidt, B. C. & Kondla, N. G. 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. - ZooKeys 38:1-549.	59
Canada	British Columbia	Pohl, G. R., Cannings, R. A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D. G. & Scudder, G. G. E. 2015. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada. - — :294 pp..	42
United States, US	Colorado	Chambers, V. T. 1875f. Teneina [sic] of Colorado. - Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2(4):289-305.	300
United States, US	Utah	Braun, A. F. 1925c. Microlepidoptera of Northern Utah. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 51(3):183-226.	216

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Sapindaceae	Acer glabrum	U.S.A.	Chambers, V. T. 1878b. Art. IV.—Tineina and their food-plants. - Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(1):107-124.	109
Sapindaceae	Acer grandidentatum	U.S.A.	Braun, A. F. 1925c. Microlepidoptera of Northern Utah. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 51(3):183-226.	216
Sapindaceae	Acer sp.	U.S.A.	Chambers, V. T. 1875e. Tineina from Canada. - Canadian Entomologist 7(7):124-128; 144-147.	300

*   Short linear mine, ending in a small blotch with either the upper or lower epidermis loosened (Braun 1925c: 216). Later on the leaf is rolled downwards, first from one side, then from the other, and then from the tip (Chambers 1875f: 300).