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Cameraria picturatella

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Morella caroliniensis (evergreen bayberry)[1]
Morella pensylvanica (northern bayberry)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caloptilia flavella1

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