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No Common Name (Cameraria guttifinitella)

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Cameraria guttifinitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. guttifinitella
Binomial name
Cameraria guttifinitella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis guttifinitella Clemens, 1859
  • Cameraria toxicodendri (Frey & Boll, 1878)

Cameraria guttifinitella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is widespread in North America.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 7 mm.

The larvae feed on Toxicodendron pubescens and Toxicodendron radicans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Galleries on poison ivy leaf

References

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  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  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. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
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