Biology:Cameraria hamameliella

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Short description: Species of moth

Cameraria hamameliella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. hamameliella
Binomial name
Cameraria hamameliella
(Busck, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hamameliella Busck, 1903
  • (Riley, 1891) Cameraria hamamelis

Cameraria hamameliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia in Canada and throughout the eastern United States.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 7 mm (0.28 in).

The larvae feed on Hamamelis species, including Hamamelis virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. The mine is whitish and sometimes almost circular. The pupa of the summer brood is formed beneath a flat silken cocoon.

This species was first described by August Busck in 1903.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5026072 entry