Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)
| SUBFAMILY | Gracillariinae |
| GENUS | Caloptilia |
| SPECIES | prosticta |
| AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1909) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gracilaria prosticta, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | South Africa, Western Cape Province, Simonstown District, Kalk Bay. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SAM127, SAMC; Metallotype ♀, genitalia slide G7297, TMSA. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1909a. New South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5:349–379. |
| PAGINATION | 374 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Seychelles | Mahé | Meyrick, E. 1911c. Reports of Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. No XII. Tortricina and Tineina. - Transactions of the Linnean Society, London (ser. 2)14(3):263–307. | 292 |
| Seychelles | Silhouette | Gerlach, J. 1998. Additions and corrections to the Silhouette species list. - Phelsuma 6:80–84. | 83 |
| South Africa | Western Cape | Meyrick, E. 1909a. New South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5:349–379. | 374 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Cajanus cajan | Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744. | 93 | |
| Fabaceae | Rhynchosia caribaea | Triberti, P. 1987b. Contributions to the knowledge of the Gracillariidae-fauna from Malagasy region. II. Genera Macarostola Meyrick and Caloptilia Hübner (Lepidoptera). - Revue française d'Entomologie, N. S. 9(3):120–126. | 124 | |
| Fabaceae | Vigna unguiculata | Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744. | 93 |
