Cameraria macrocarpae

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Cameraria macrocarpae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Cameraria
Species:
C. macrocarpae
Binomial name
Cameraria macrocarpae
Freeman, 1970

Cameraria macrocarpae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is only known from Manitoba, Canada. [1] [2]

The wingspan of the adults is approximately 8 mm. [3] The forewings are gold with three white lines, while the hindwings are light grey with a whitish fringe. [3] Adults start emerging in mid-June and may be present into August, though individual adults likely only live for about two weeks. [3] [4] There is one generation per year. [4]

Adult females lay eggs in rows of up to 12 on the upper side of bur oak leaves, usually along the leaf mid-rib or lateral vein. [4] The eggs are translucent to white in color, and there may be several clusters of eggs on a single leaf. [4] After hatching the larvae enter the leaf and form a common blotch mine near the leaf's upper surface where they feed as leaf miners. [4] Frass is deposited throughout the mine. [4] Mines of larvae from separate egg clusters on the same leaf may coalesce into a single large mine. [4]

The larvae are pale yellow to cream in color with orange heads. [4] The first five of their seven instars are spent feeding in the mine and are present from early July to early October. [4] The heads of the larvae in this stage are more wedge-shaped than those in the final two instars and lack a prominent spinneret. [4] Larvae overwinter in the sixth instar inside the mined leaf. [4] Larvae do not feed during the last two instars. [4] The final instar and pupation occur in spring. [4] Larvae spin a silk cocoon in the mine in which they pupate. [4]

Larvae are parasitized by wasps from several families, including Braconidae, Eulophidae, Eurytomidae, Ichneumonidae, and Pteromalidae. [4]

This species was first described by Canadian entomologist Thomas Nesbitt Freeman in 1970. [3]

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<i>Cameraria caryaefoliella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria saccharella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria macrocarpella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria cincinnatiella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria agrifoliella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria ulmella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria betulivora</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria bethunella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria guttifinitella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria corylisella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Cameraria ostryarella</i> Species of moth

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References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. 118. ISBN   978-954-642-909-4. ISSN   1312-0174. Wikidata   Q97158808.
  3. 1 2 3 4 T.N. Freeman (1970). "A new species of Cameraria on bur oak in Manitoba (Gracillaridae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 24 (2): 86–87. ISSN   0024-0966. Wikidata   Q110060893.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 G.N. Still; H.R. Wong (February 1973). "Life history and habits of a leaf miner, Cameraria macrocarpae, on bur oak in Manitoba (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". The Canadian Entomologist . 105 (2): 239–244. doi:10.4039/Ent105239-2. ISSN   0008-347X. Wikidata   Q110060985.


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