Cameraria quadrifasciata

Cameraria quadrifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. quadrifasciata
Binomial name
	Cameraria quadrifasciata; Kumata, 1993

Cameraria quadrifasciata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Selangor, Malaysia.^[2]

The wingspan is 4.2 to 5.1 millimetres (0.17 to 0.20 in).

The larvae feed on Bauhinia species, including . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, oblong blotch-mine occurring on the upper side of the leaf usually on the leaf-veins. It is whitish and fiat at first, then discoloured into brown and deformed into a tentiform type. Leaf tissue within the mine is completely consumed by the larva. Pupation takes place within the mine without a distinct cocoon.

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[1] A Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Malaysian Lithocolletin Ae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), With A Revision Of Indian Cameraria Associated With Leguminosae

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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