| Caloptilia similatella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. similatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia similatella (Zeller, 1877) | |
Caloptilia similatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Colombia and the United States Virgin Islands (Saint Croix and Saint Thomas). [1]
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Dialectica sanctaecrucis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Galápagos Islands.
Dialectica rendalli is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Acrocercops apicepunctella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It was named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1891.
Porphyrosela desmodiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Brazil, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Canada (Ontario) and the United States.
Acrocercops attenuatum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Saint Thomas Island, in the Virgin Islands. The hostplant for the species is Croton flavens.
Spanioptila spinosum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Phyllonorycter tenuicaudella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Phyllonorycter albimacula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Phyllonorycter argentifrontella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
“Lithocolletis” aurifascia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Helena.
Parornix errantella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Caloptilia aeneocapitella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Puerto Rico and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Parectopa undosa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Haiti and the Virgin Islands.
Parectopa pulverella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands.
Parectopa nesitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
Acrocercops insulella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Dominican Republic. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey in 1891.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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