Caloptilia pulchella (Chambers, 1875)

SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Caloptilia
SPECIES	pulchella
AUTHOR	(Chambers, 1875)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria pulchella. N. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Canada].
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Not stated.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Caloptilia pulchella (Chambers, 1875) was considered as a synonym of Caloptilia alnivorella (Chambers, 1875) by Ely (1918: 76).
PUBLICATION	Chambers, V. T. 1875e. Tineina from Canada - Canadian Entomologist 7(7):124–128; 144–147.
PAGINATION	146

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Canada		Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A list of the North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of Insects. - Bulletin of the United States National Museum 52 (1902):xix + 1–723.	560
Canada	Quebec	McDunnough, J. H. 1946. Gracillariid studies (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). - Canadian Entomologist 78(5):91–95.	92
Canada	New Brunswick	Pohl, G. R., Landry, J.-F., Schmidt, B. C., Lafontaine, J. D., Troubridge, J. T., Macaulay, A. D., van Nieukerken, E. J., DeWaard, J. R., Dombroskie, J. J., Klymko, J., Nazari, V. & Stead, K. 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. - — :1–580.	57
Canada	Nova Scotia	McDunnough, J. H. 1946. Gracillariid studies (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). - Canadian Entomologist 78(5):91–95.	93
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
Canada	Ontario	Pohl, G. R., Landry, J.-F., Schmidt, B. C., Lafontaine, J. D., Troubridge, J. T., Macaulay, A. D., van Nieukerken, E. J., DeWaard, J. R., Dombroskie, J. J., Klymko, J., Nazari, V. & Stead, K. 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. - — :1–580.	57
United States, US	Vermont	Grehan, J. R., Parker, B. L., Nielsen, G. R., Miller, D. H., Hedbor, J. D., Sabourin, M. & Griggs, M. S. 1995. Moths and butterflies of Vermont (Lepidoptera). A faunal checklist. - — :i–xi, 1–95.	5

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Betulaceae	Alnus incana	Canada	McDunnough, J. H. 1946. Gracillariid studies (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). - Canadian Entomologist 78(5):91–95.	93
Betulaceae	Alnus rugosa	Canada	Ferguson, D. C. 1975. Host records for Lepidoptera reared in eastern North America. - Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington (1521):1–49.	44

* The record on Prunus sp. [Rosaceae] (Robinson et al. 2002: 90) is probably erroneous.