Caloptilia acericola Kumata, 1966

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSCaloptilia
SPECIES acericola
AUTHORKumata, 1966
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONCaloptilia acericola, sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Japan], Hokkaidō, Sapporo.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 43°3'0" Longitude: 141°21'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-1171♂, EIHU; Paratypes 15♂ and 14♀, EIHU.
STATUSSpecies
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 2; pl. 1, fig. 2; pl. 4, fig. 26; pl. 13, fig. 46
DNA VOUCHERS SIBLE028-17
GENBANK
  • LC127553 Nakadai, R. & Kawakita, A. 2016 :4963
  • LC127772 Nakadai, R. & Kawakita, A. 2016 :4963
  • LC127775 Nakadai, R. & Kawakita, A. 2016 :4963
  • LC127778 Nakadai, R. & Kawakita, A. 2016 :4963
  • MK-403697 Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Akulov, E., Ponomarenko, M., Gorokhova, S., Sheiko, V., Ohshima, I. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2019c :6

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Japan Hokkaidō 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. 3
Japan Honshū 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. 3
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. 3
Russian Federation Primorye region Ermolaev, V. P. 1977. A review of the fauna and ecology of miner-moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) of the Primorye Territory. In: The Fauna of Insects of the Far East. - Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademija Nauk SSSR 70:98-116. 109

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Sapindaceae Acer japonicum 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. 3
Sapindaceae Acer palmatum 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. 3
Sapindaceae Acer pictum 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. 3
Sapindaceae Acer pictum Russia (Far East) Ermolaev, V. P. 1988. Gracillariid moths of the genus Lithocolletis Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) trophically associated with elm and maple in the south of the Far East. - Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 67(2):346-359. 358
Sapindaceae Acer pseudosieboldianum Russia (Far East) Ermolaev, V. P. 1981b. New data on the fauna and ecology of mining species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in the south of the Far East. In: Krivolutskaya, G. O., Egorov, A. B., Fedikova, V. S. (Eds.), New information on insects of the Far East. - — :1-125, Chapter pagination: 80-85. 81

*   The mine is a small, slightly contorted brownish blotch along main vein usually on the lower side of the leaf. After vacating the mine, the larva creates up to three shelters (Kirichenko et al. 2019: 16).