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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 » Pecan Leafminer - Hodges#0811 (Cameraria caryaefoliella)

Species Cameraria caryaefoliella - Pecan Leafminer - Hodges#0811

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
St. Andrews leaf miner on Carya tomentosa 1 SA50 2015 1 - Cameraria caryaefoliella St. Andrews leaf miner on Carya tomentosa 1 SA50 2015 4 - Cameraria caryaefoliella broad corridor mine on Carya texana - Cameraria caryaefoliella Leaf miner - Cameraria caryaefoliella Mockernut Hickory leaf blotch miner - Cameraria caryaefoliella Cameraria ex Carya ?tomentosa - Cameraria caryaefoliella Cameraria ex Carya glabra - Cameraria caryaefoliella Cameraria caryaefoliella
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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 caryaefoliella (Pecan Leafminer - Hodges#0811)
Hodges Number
0811
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cameraria caryaefoliella (Clemens, 1859)
Lithocolletis caryaefoliella Clemens, 1859
* phylogenetic sequence #023275
Explanation of Names
Specific name caryaefoliella means the "leaves of hickory" (Carya).
Size
Wingspan 6-7 mm. (1)
Range
Eastern half of the United States. (2)
Food
Larvae mine the leaves of pecan, hickory, and sometimes walnut and butternut. (1)
Print References
Braun, A.F. 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 34: 325-326, pl.23, f.8 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
Annette F. Braun. 1908. University of Cincinnati.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by v belov on 28 April, 2011 - 1:39pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 July, 2013 - 7:43pm

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