Cameraria niphonica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu) and the Russian Far East.[1]
Cameraria niphonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Subclass: | Pterygota |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Superfamily: | Gracillarioidea |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Subfamily: | Lithocolletinae |
Genus: | Cameraria |
Species: | C. niphonica |
Binomial name | |
Cameraria niphonica Kumata, 1963[1] | |
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Acer palmatum and Acer japonicum.[1] The mine consists of a blotch which is entirely flat and located on the upper surface of the leaf.[1] The cocoon is white, ellipsoidal and placed in the centre of the mine-cavity.[1]
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