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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

Representative Images

803 Maple Leaf Blotch Miner - Cameraria aceriella Gracillariidae, larva - dorsal (maple) - Cameraria aceriella Gracillariidae, larva - ventral (maple) - Cameraria aceriella Sinuous blotch mine on red oak - Cameraria aceriella Possible Cameraria aceriella - Cameraria aceriella Possible Cameraria aceriella - Cameraria aceriella Possible Cameraria aceriella - Cameraria aceriella Gracillariidae, Maple Leafblotch Miner, under side of leaf - Cameraria aceriella
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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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