Cameraria hamameliella

Cameraria hamameliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec and Nova Scotia) and the United States (including Massachusetts, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York and Connecticut).[2]

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

The wingspan is about 7 mm.

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.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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