Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Gracillariinae (subfamily)/  Gracillariini (tribe)/  Caloptilia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Braun, 1918)
Citation:	Gracilaria hypericella, n. sp.
Original genus:	Gracillaria
Publication:	Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera.
Journal:	Canadian Entomologist
Volume:	50
Issue:	7
Pagination:	235
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3055766

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	Syntype	unknown		17 syntypes (gender not stated), coll. Braun.	United States, US	[U.S.A.], O.[hio], Clermont Co.[unty], Cincinnati, O.[hio].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	Canada	Quebec	Handfield, L. 1997. Liste des Lépidoptères du Québec et du Labrador. page 30
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	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. page 57
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	United States, US	Ohio	Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. page 235
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	United States, US	Kentucky	van Orden Covell, C. 1999. The butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) of Kentucky: an annotated checklist. page 23
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	United States, US	Michigan	Nielsen, M. C. 1998. Preliminary list of Michigan moths: the Microlepidoptera. page 4
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	United States, US	West Virginia	Albu, V. & Metzler, E. 2004. Lepidoptera of North America. 5. Contributions to the Knowledge of Southern West Virginia Lepidoptera. In: Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University. page 40

Plant note:

A small linear mine on the upperside of the leaf, enlarged into an elongate blotch, 7–8 mm long and 2 mm or less wide, which becomes tentiform, resembling a minute Phyllonorycter mine.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	Hypericum cistifolium	Clusiaceae		Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. page 235
Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)	Hypericum punctatum	Clusiaceae		Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. page 235

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