Caloptilia asplenifoliatella (Darlington, 1949)
| SUBFAMILY | Gracillariinae |
| GENUS | Caloptilia |
| SPECIES | asplenifoliatella |
| AUTHOR | (Darlington, 1949) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gracilaria asplenifoliatella new species |
| TYPE LOCALITY | U.S.A., New Jersey, New Lisbon. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype nr. 7810 (gender not stated), Paratypes (number and gender not stated), ANSP. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Darlington, E. P. 1949. Notes on some North American Lepidoptera reared on sweet fern (Comptonia asplenifolia Linnaeus) with description of new species. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74 (1948)(3-4):173-185, 1 pl.. |
| PAGINATION | 184-185 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Canada | Nova Scotia | McDunnough, J. H. 1954. New Microlepidoptera from the region of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with notes on other species. - American Museum Novitates (1686):1-15. | 12 |
| United States, US | New Jersey | Darlington, E. P. 1949. Notes on some North American Lepidoptera reared on sweet fern (Comptonia asplenifolia Linnaeus) with description of new species. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74 (1948)(3-4):173-185, 1 pl.. | 184 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Myricaceae | Comptonia asplenifolia | 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. | 43 |
| Myricaceae | Comptonia peregrina | 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. | 89 | |
| Myricaceae | Myrica gale | 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. | 43 |
