Cameraria saccharella

Cameraria saccharella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. saccharella
Binomial name
	Cameraria saccharella; (Braun, 1908)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis saccharella Braun, 1908;

Cameraria saccharella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Maine, New York, Connecticut and Vermont in the United States.^[2]^[3]

Mine

The wingspan is 5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer nigrum, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum and Acer saccharum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small irregular blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. There may be up to thirty mines on a single leaf. The pupa is not enclosed in a cocoon.

References[]

^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 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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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner

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

[Pohl2018-3] 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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