Cameraria picturatella

Cameraria picturatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Maine in the United States.[1]

Cameraria picturatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Cameraria
Species:
C. picturatella
Binomial name
Cameraria picturatella
(Braun, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis picturatella Braun, 1916

The larvae feed on Myrica caroliniensis and "Myrica pensylvanica". They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a brownish blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.[2]

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. "HOSTS - the Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum".


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