Spanioptila spinosum, Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016

Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, Zootaxa 4158 (1), pp. 1-51 : 32

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).