Cameraria bethunella

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Cameraria bethunella
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. bethunella
Binomial name
Cameraria bethunella
(Chambers, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis bethunella Chambers, 1871
  • Cameraria bethuneella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Cameraria bethuniella (Dyar, 1903)
  • Cameraria lebertella (Frey & Boll, 1878)

Cameraria bethunella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and Illinois, Kentucky, Connecticut, Maine, New York and Texas in the United States.[2][3]

The wingspan is 6.5-7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea dentata and Quercus species, including Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus imbricaria, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus rubra, Quercus tinctoria and Quercus velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular yellowish blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. Pupation takes place in a flat, oval, silken cocoon.

References[]

  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]
  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. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. ISSN 1312-0174. Wikidata Q97158808.


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