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Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/ Gracillariinae (subfamily)/ Gracillariini (tribe)/ Caloptilia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Zeller, 1873)
Citation:	Grac.[ilaria] Burgessiella n. sp.
Original genus:	Gracillaria
Publication:	Zeller, P. C. 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Zweite Abtheilung.
Journal:	Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien
Volume:	23
Issue:
Pagination:	307; pl. 4, fig. 39
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16411974

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Caloptilia burgessiella (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Holotype	♂		Holotype ♂.	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Massachusetts, Beverley.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Canada	Alberta	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. page 56
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	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. page 56
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Canada	Quebec	Handfield, L. 1997. Liste des Lépidoptères du Québec et du Labrador. page 30
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Canada	British Columbia	Pohl, G. R., Cannings, R. A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D. G. & Scudder, G. G. E. 2015. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada. page 42
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	New York	Forbes, W. T. M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighbouring states. Part I. Primitive forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. page 173
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Vermont	Grehan, J. R., Parker, B. L., Nielsen, G. R., Miller, D. H., Hedbor, J. D., Sabourin, M. & Griggs, M. S. 1995. Moths and butterflies of Vermont (Lepidoptera). A faunal checklist. page 5
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Washington	Pfannenstiel, R. S., Unruh, T. R. & Brunner, J. F. 2010. Overwintering hosts for the exotic leafroller parasitoid, Colpoclypeus florus: implications for habitat manipulation to augment biological control of leafrollers in pome fruits. page 7
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Oregon	Pfannenstiel, R. S., Unruh, T. R. & Brunner, J. F. 2010. Overwintering hosts for the exotic leafroller parasitoid, Colpoclypeus florus: implications for habitat manipulation to augment biological control of leafrollers in pome fruits. page 7
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	California
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Connecticut	Ely, C. R. 1918. A revision of the North-American Gracilariidae [sic] from the standpoint of venation. page 73
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Minnesota	Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition. page 1803
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Massachusetts	Zeller, P. C. 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Zweite Abtheilung. page 307
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Maine	Brower, A. E. 1984. A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine, Part 2: The Microlepidoptera, Section 2; Cosmopterigidae through Hepialidae. page 46
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	United States, US	Michigan	Nielsen, M. C. 1998. Preliminary list of Michigan moths: the Microlepidoptera. page 4

Plant note:

The larva begins by making a narrow, winding underside mine, which quickly terminates in a small, elongated blotch, next to a vein. Upon emerging from the mine, the larva rolls the tip of the leaf downward into a small cone (Eiseman 2025: 1803).

Eiseman, C. S. 2025. Leafminers of North America – 3rd Edition.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Cornus asperifolia	Cornaceae	United States, US	Needham, J. G., Frost, S. W. & Tothill, B. H. 1928. Leaf-mining insects. page 283
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Cornus candidissima	Cornaceae	United States, US	Ely, C. R. 1915. New species of the genus Gracilaria [sic] and notes on two species already described. page 51
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Cornus racemosa	Cornaceae	United States, US	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. page 89
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Cornus sericea	Cornaceae	United States, US	Pfannenstiel, R. S., Unruh, T. R. & Brunner, J. F. 2010. Overwintering hosts for the exotic leafroller parasitoid, Colpoclypeus florus: implications for habitat manipulation to augment biological control of leafrollers in pome fruits. page 7
Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)	Vaccinium corymbosum	Ericaceae	United States, US	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. page 89

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