Caloptilia burserella (Busck, 1900)

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SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Caloptilia
SPECIES	burserella
AUTHOR	(Busck, 1900)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria burserella, new species
TYPE LOCALITY	U.S.A., Florida, Palm Beach, 21.ii.1900.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, No. 4961, genitalia slide USNM 20488♂, USNM; Paratype 1♂, 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

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).