Misplaced Pages

Cameraria hamameliella

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of moth

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

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.

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.

This species was first described by August Busck in 1903.

References

  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  3. ^ 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. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Cameraria hamameliella


Stub icon

This article relating to moths in genus Cameraria is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: