Caloptilia cecidophora Kumata, 1966
SUBFAMILY | Gracillariinae |
GENUS | Caloptilia |
SPECIES | cecidophora |
AUTHOR | Kumata, 1966 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Caloptilia cecidophora, sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Japan], [Nansei Island], Tanega-sima, near Kyūshū, Nisinoomote. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-1188♂, EIHU; Paratype 1♀, EIHU. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Kumata, T. 1966a. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 29(1):1–21, 20 pls. |
PAGINATION | 14; pl. 3, fig. 17; pl. 10, fig. 38; pl. 18, fig. 60 |
Species pictures



Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Japan | Honshū | Kumata, T. 1982a. A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 26:1–186. | 119 |
Japan | Kyūshū | Kumata, T. 1966a. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 29(1):1–21, 20 pls. | 15 |
Japan | Nansei Shoto (Ryūkyū Islands) | Kumata, T. 1966a. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 29(1):1–21, 20 pls. | 14 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Phyllanthaceae | Glochidion obovatum | Japan | Kumata, T. 1966a. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 29(1):1–21, 20 pls. | 15 |