Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Gracillariidae
33a0164 – 0597   Caloptilia burgessiella (Zeller, 1873)

© Michael H. King
Similar Species:
  • Caloptilia vacciniella (Ely, 1915) has base of forewing costa yellow.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Gracilaria burgessiella Zeller, 1873
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Ely, C.R., 1915. New species of the genus Gracilaria and note on two species already described (Lepidoptera, Gracilariidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 3(5-7): 51.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
  • Zeller. P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 201-334.
Caloptilia burgessiella
© Michael H. King
Caloptilia burgessiella
© Michael H. King
Caloptilia burgessiella
© Dave Beadle
Caloptilia burgessiella
9mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
Caloptilia burgessiella
LG – © McGuire Center Coll.

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone