Biology:Cameraria hexalobina
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Short description: Species of moth
| Cameraria hexalobina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. hexalobina
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| Cameraria hexalobina (Vári, 1961)[1]
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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.
References
- ↑ "Afrotropical Gracillariidae". http://www.metafro.be/graci/Species/PHYLhexalobina.htm.
- ↑ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/CAMEHEXA.
- ↑ "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03594p283.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5026074 entry
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