Cameraria niphonica

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Cameraria niphonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Superfamily:
Gracillarioidea
Family:
Gracillariidae
Subfamily:
Lithocolletinae
Genus:
Cameraria
Species:
C. niphonica
Binomial name
Cameraria niphonica
Kumata, 1963 [1]

Cameraria niphonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu) and the Russian Far East. [1]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. [1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Acer palmatum and Acer japonicum . [1] The mine consists of a blotch which is entirely flat and located on the upper surface of the leaf. [1] The cocoon is white, ellipsoidal and placed in the centre of the mine-cavity. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. ISSN   0020-1804. Wikidata   Q110229260.


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