Genus Cameraria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ostrya virginiana D774 2017 2 - Cameraria

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Subfamily Lithocolletinae

Genus Cameraria

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cameraria Chapman, 1902

Explanation of Names

Named for the lepidopterist V.T. Chambers ("camera" being Latin for "chamber").

Numbers

There are about 53 species of Cameraria in America north of Mexico. (1)

Identification

Life Cycle

leaf miners

Print References

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, v. 333.(2)

Braun, A.F., 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - many of the Cameraria species. (pinned)

Microleps.org

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	The Leafmining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Paul A. Opler and R. Donald Davis. 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology: no. 333.

3.	Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner Annette F. Braun. 1908. University of Cincinnati.

Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2007 - 1:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, ceiseman
Last updated 6 January, 2020 - 1:49pm

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