Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia ostryaeella (Chambers, 1878)
Gracilaria ostryaeella Chambers, 1878
Explanation of Names
Chambers (1877) mentions naming the species for their foodplant.
Size
Braun (1912) listed the wingspan of both forms.
Summer form 9.5-10 mm.
Autumn form 9.5-10.5 mm.
Identification
Chambers (1877) originally named the species from a mine and not an adult. Braun (1912) describes a summer and winter form of the adult.
Braun (1912) stated the summer form resembles a small specimen of
C. superbifrontella.
Range
Scattered records throughout eastern North America.
(1)Season
The adults appear to be most common from May to October.
(1)Food
The larvae are leaf miners of
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (hornbeam).
Print References
Braun, A.F. 1912. Notes on Chambers' species of Tineina (Lepid.).
Entomological News, 23:
167.
Chambers, V.T., 1877. Tineina.
The Canadian Entomologist, 9:
127.
Chambers, V.T., 1878. Tineina and their food-plants.
Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4:
121.
