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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 guttifinitella - Hodges#0822 (Cameraria guttifinitella)
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Leaf Mine on Poison Ivy - Cameraria guttifinitella
Copyright © 2008 apgarm

Leaf Mine on Poison Ivy - Cameraria guttifinitella
Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
September 20, 2008
Closeup of larva (~5mm)

Found in Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans (syn. Rhus toxicodendron, Rhus radicans)

According to www.microleps.org, Cameraria guttifinitella makes a "yellow blotch mine on the leaf of poison ivy, Rhus radicans".

The larva is ~5mm. Some other leaves had somewhat larger and smaller ones. Can someone confirm that this is a leaf miner moth?

Is it possible to bag the plant and rear it to adulthood?

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Leaf Mine on Poison Ivy - Cameraria guttifinitella Leaf Mine on Poison Ivy - Cameraria guttifinitella
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Contributed by apgarm on 22 September, 2008 - 3:31pm
Last updated 13 October, 2008 - 12:13am

Poison ivy miner
This is Cameraria guttifinitella. Yes, if you bag the leaf in a zip-lock type freezer bag (quart size), the larva has a good chance of rearing through to adult. This particular species will remain inside the mine to pupate. With its having been collected well into September (i.e., very late in the season), there is a good chance that it will need to overwinter inside the mine. So, if you don't see a moth within a couple of weeks after the collection date, hold onto it, and you might get an adult next spring.
… Terry Harrison, 10 November, 2008 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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cool find and pictures!!
… Matt Edmonds, 22 September, 2008 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

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