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Cameraria hexalobina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. hexalobina
Binomial name
Cameraria hexalobina (Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
Lithocolletis hexalobina Vári, 1961 Phyllonorycter hexalobina

Cameraria hexalobina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa 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. 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

1. "Afrotropical Gracillariidae". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
2. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
3. "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

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