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DeutschCameraria virgulata
| Cameraria virgulata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. virgulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cameraria virgulata | |
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Cameraria virgulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of West Bengal and Karnataka in India, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and from Nepal.[2]
The wingspan is 5.1–6.1 mm.
The larvae feed on Butea species (including Butea monosperma), Desmodium species, Pongamia pinnata and Pueraria montana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
References
[edit]- ^ "A Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Malaysian Lithocolletin Ae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), With A Revision Of Indian Cameraria Associated With Leguminosae" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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