Cameraria gaultheriella
Cameraria gaultheriella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cameraria |
Species: | C. gaultheriella |
Binomial name | |
Cameraria gaultheriella (Walsingham, 1889)[1] | |
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Cameraria gaultheriella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from British Columbia, Canada, and California, Oregon and Maine in the United States.[2] It is an adventive species in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but is not established.
The wingspan is 10-11 mm.
The larvae feed on Gaultheria species, including Gaultheria shallon. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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