Caloptilia linearis (Butler, 1877)

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SUBFAMILY	Gracillariinae
GENUS	Caloptilia
SPECIES	linearis
AUTHOR	(Butler, 1877)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Gracilaria linearis, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[New Zealand], [Canterbury or Otago].
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -43°36'0" Longitude: 172°0'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Butler, A. G. 1877. On two collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and Species. - Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1877:379-407, XLII & XLIII pls..
PAGINATION	406; pl. 43, fig. 16

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
New Zealand		Butler, A. G. 1877. On two collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and Species. - Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1877:379-407, XLII & XLIII pls..	406

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Coriariaceae	Coriaria arborea	New Zealand	Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62.	64
Coriariaceae	Coriaria sp.	New Zealand	Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys of family-group taxa. - Fauna of New Zealand 14:1-262.	72

*   The records of Coriaria spp. (Meyrick 1889: 184) apply to Caloptilia elaeas Meyrick, 1911 (Meyrick 1911d: 67).