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Cameraria hamameliella

Wikipedia Abstract

Cameraria hamameliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec and Nova Scotia) and the United States (including Massachusetts, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York and Connecticut). The wingspan is about 7 mm. The larvae feed on Hamamelis species, including Hamamelis virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. The mine is whitish and sometimes almost circular. The pupa of thesummer brood is formed beneath a flat silken cocoon.
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Prey / Diet

Hamamelis virginiana (American witchhazel)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caloptilia superbifrontella1
Cameraria aceriella (Maple Leafblotch Miner)1

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0