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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 » Maple Leafblotch Miner  - Hodges#0803 (Cameraria aceriella)

Species Cameraria aceriella - Maple Leafblotch Miner - Hodges#0803

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Species aceriella (Maple Leafblotch Miner - Hodges#0803)
Hodges Number
0803
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cameraria aceriella (Clemens, 1859)
Lithocolletis aceriella Clemens, 1859 (1)
Size
Wingspan about 8 mm. (1)
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA. (BOLD) (2)

Range
Eastern North America. (3)
Moth Photographers group map
Season
Records of adults are mostly from April to August. (3)
Food
Larval hosts include: (1)
Red maple, Acer rubrum
Silver maple, Acer saccharinum
See Also
Cameraria saccharella
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Microleps.org
Barcode of Life Data (BOLD)(2)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
Annette F. Braun. 1908. University of Cincinnati.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 November, 2010 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2
Last updated 30 November, 2019 - 3:54pm

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