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Cameraria torridella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the Rift Valley in Kenya.[1] The habitat consists of areas at altitudes between 2,200–2,500 metres (7,200–8,200 ft), where green vegetation is present for 10 months of the year.[1]

Cameraria torridella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. torridella
Binomial name
Cameraria torridella de Prins, 2012

The length of the forewings is 3–3.6 millimetres (0.12–0.14 in).[1] The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is shiny ochreous with white markings consisting of a basal streak, two fascia, two costal and one dorsal strigulae.[1] The hindwings are light fuscous with a long light ochreous shiny fringe.[1] Adults are on wing in early March and from late October to early December.[1]

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Dombeya torrida.[1] The mine is tentiform and made on the underside of the leaf.[1]

Etymology

The name is derived from the specific name of the host plant, coupled with the diminutive Latin suffix –ella.[1]

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