Caloptilia burserella (Busck, 1900)

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSCaloptilia
SPECIES burserella
AUTHOR(Busck, 1900)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONGracilaria burserella, new species
TYPE LOCALITYU.S.A., Florida, Palm Beach, 21.ii.1900.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, No. 4961, genitalia slide USNM 20488♂, USNM; Paratype 1♂, USNM.
STATUSSpecies
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

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cuba   Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2010. HOSTS - a database of the hostplants of the world's Lepidoptera. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/hostplants. - — .  
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. 251

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Burseraceae Bursera gummifera 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. 251
Burseraceae Bursera simaruba 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. 89
Lauraceae Persea americana 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. 89

*   A small triangular mine between the midrib and another rib on the underside of the leaf (Busck 1900: 251).