Cameraria virgulata

Cameraria virgulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species: C. virgulata
Binomial name
Cameraria virgulata
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis virgulata Meyrick, 1914

Cameraria virgulata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the states of West Bengal and Karnataka in India, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and from Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is 5.1-6.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Butea species (including Butea monosperma), Desmodium species, Pongamia pinnata and Pueraria montana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

References

  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)


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