An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids
Author
Prins, Jurate De
Author
Brito, Rosângela
Author
Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires
text
Zootaxa
2016
4158
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1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.1
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Spanioptila spinosum
Walsingham, 1897
"
Spanioptila spinosum
,
sp. n.
"—Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey). 1897.
Proceedings of the Zoological
Society of London
1897(10): 148.
Type
locality: [
Virgin Islands
], S[ain]t Thomas.
Type specimens: Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 6090♂, BMNH; Paratype 1♂ (not ♀ as stated in the original description), BMNH; 5 specimens (gender not stated) mentioned in description [but not included in type series].
Distribution:
Cuba
,
Puerto Rico
(Busck [1934]: 172),
Virgin Islands
:
Saint Thomas
(Walsingham 1897:
148).
Larval hostplant(s):
Flacourtiaceae
:
Casearia hirsuta
Sweet
– (Busck [1934]: 172).