Cameraria niphonica

Cameraria niphonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Superfamily:	Gracillarioidea
Family:	Gracillariidae
Subfamily:	Lithocolletinae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. niphonica
Binomial name
	Cameraria niphonica; Kumata, 1963

Cameraria niphonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu) and the Russian Far East.^[1]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Acer palmatum and Acer japonicum.^[1] The mine consists of a blotch which is entirely flat and located on the upper surface of the leaf.^[1] The cocoon is white, ellipsoidal and placed in the centre of the mine-cavity.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.

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[Kumata63-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.

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