Cameraria umbellulariae

Cameraria umbellulariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. umbellulariae
Binomial name
	Cameraria umbellulariae; (Walsingham, 1889)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis umbellulariae Walsingham, 1889;

Cameraria umbellulariae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.^[2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm.

The larvae feed on Umbellularia californica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large diffused blister-like mine on the upperside of the leaves. The pupa is enclosed in a semi-transparent flat oval silken web, within the mine.

References[]

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

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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]}

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