Cameraria hexalobina

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Cameraria hexalobina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Cameraria
Species:
C. hexalobina
Binomial name
Cameraria hexalobina
(Vári, 1961) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hexalobinaVári, 1961
  • Phyllonorycter hexalobina

Cameraria hexalobina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa [2] and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of savannah vegetation with high standing dry grass.

The length of the forewings is 2.9–3.1 mm. [3] Adults are on wing from late March to late April.

The larvae feed on Hexalobus glabrescens and Hexalobus monopetalus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. ↑ "Afrotropical Gracillariidae". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  3. ↑ "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-03-01.


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