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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae » Cameraria » Cameraria picturatella - Hodges#0833 (Cameraria picturatella)
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unknown larva - Cameraria picturatella
Copyright © 2009 N Ward

unknown larva - Cameraria picturatella
Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
June 21, 2009
Size: 6mm (approximately)
Found on a Northern Bayberry leaf enclosed in a thin, paper-like casing. Any ideas?
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Contributed by N Ward on 21 June, 2009 - 6:04pm
Last updated 14 August, 2009 - 10:49pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines. Cameraria picturatella seems to be the only option. We have no images of the adult moth, but you can see photos of some of its relatives here.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 August, 2009 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. This is a leaf-mining larva--it was feeding on the tissue between the epidermal layers of the leaf, and the paperlike casing was the leaf's upper epidermal layer. It should be possible to figure out the species since the host plant and mine type are known...
… Charley Eiseman, 14 August, 2009 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

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