Cameraria picturatella

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Cameraria picturatella
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Cameraria picturatella moth larvae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. picturatella
Binomial name
Cameraria picturatella
(Braun, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis picturatella Braun, 1916

Cameraria picturatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Maine in the United States. [1]

The larvae feed on Myrica caroliniensis and Myrica pensylvanica . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]

References

  1. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS - the Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum". Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-17.