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Species Caloptilia populetorum - Hodges#0606.1

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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).
Identification
Genitalia:

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
Species Page at Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)