Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSCaloptilia
SPECIES hypericella
AUTHOR(Braun, 1918)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONGracilaria hypericella, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[U.S.A.], O.[hio], Clermont Co.[unty], Cincinnati, O.[hio].
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) 17 syntypes (gender not stated), coll. Braun.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 50(7):229-236.
PAGINATION 235

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Canada Quebec Handfield, L. 1997. Liste des Lépidoptères du Québec et du Labrador. - Fabreries 7(Supplément):1-155. 30
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. - — :1-580. 57
United States, US Ohio Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 50(7):229-236. 235
United States, US Michigan Nielsen, M. C. 1998. Preliminary list of Michigan moths: the Microlepidoptera. - Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society 43(4):1, 4-14. 4
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. - — :1-82. 40
United States, US Kentucky van Orden Covell, C. 1999. The butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) of Kentucky: an annotated checklist. - — 6:i-liv, 1-220. 23
United States, US Ohio Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 50(7):229-236. 235

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Clusiaceae Hypericum cistifolium U.S.A. Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 50(7):229-236. 235
Clusiaceae Hypericum punctatum U.S.A. Braun, A. F. 1918. New species of Microlepidoptera. - Canadian Entomologist 50(7):229-236. 235
Clusiaceae Hypericum sphaerocarpum 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. 90

*   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.