Caloptilia sebastianiella (Busck, 1900)

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SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Caloptilia
SPECIES	sebastianiella
AUTHOR	(Busck, 1900)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria sebastianiella, new species
TYPE LOCALITY	U.S.A., Florida, Palm Beach.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype, No. 4962 (gender not stated), USNM; Paratypes 2 specimens (gender not stated), USNM.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Busck, A. 1900. New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida. - Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1208):225-254, pl. 1.
PAGINATION	251-252

Species Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
sebastianella	(Dyar, 1903)	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
United States, US	Florida	Busck, A. 1900. New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida. - Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1208):225-254, pl. 1.	252

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Euphorbiaceae	Gymnanthes lucida	U.S.A.	Busck, A. 1900. New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida. - Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1208):225-254, pl. 1.	252
Euphorbiaceae	Sebastiana fruticosa	U.S.A.	Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2002. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of America North of Mexico. - Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 69:1-824.	91

*   A brown, irregular, elongated upper blotchmine, with the upper epidermis drawn into a longitudinal ridge (Busck 1900: 252).