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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Gracillariinae » Caloptilia » Caloptilia populetorum - Hodges#0606.1 (Caloptilia populetorum)

Species Caloptilia populetorum - Hodges#0606.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia populetorum - female

Caloptilia sp. - Caloptilia populetorum - male

genitalia - Caloptilia populetorum - male

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Subfamily Gracillariinae

Genus Caloptilia

Species populetorum (Caloptilia populetorum - Hodges#0606.1)

Hodges Number

0606.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloptilia populetorum (Zeller, 1839)

Gracilaria populetorum Zeller, 1839

Gracilaria elverumensis Strand, 1920

Gracilaria nolckenella Krulikovsky, 1901

Gracillaria populetella Doubleday, 1859

Gracillaria violacea Haworth, 1828

Explanation of Names

Caloptilia populetorum (Zeller, 1839) was added to the list based on DNA barcoded and then subsequently removed due to possible confusion with 0640 Caloptilia strictella. The true identity of C. strictella is unsettled, see Landry et al. (2013:18).

Range

Type locality: [Poland], "bey Gl.[ogau]" [Glogow].

Remarks

A European species; known from Quebec, Canada

Print References

Landry, J.-F., V. Nazari, J.R. Dewaard, M. Mutanen, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, P. Huemer, P.D.N. Hebert, 2013. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology. Zootaxa, 3749(1): 1-93.

McDunnough, J.H., 1946. Gracillariid studies (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 78(5): 91-95.

Zeller, P.C., 1839. Versuch einer naturgemässen Eintheilung der Schaben. Isis von Oken, 1839: 209.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)

Species Page at Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 1 December, 2021 - 5:37am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 9 October, 2022 - 5:42am

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