Cameraria teldeni

Cameraria tildeni

Cameraria tildeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
(unranked):	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gracillarioidea
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. tildeni
Binomial name
Cameraria tildeni Opler & Davis, 1981

Cameraria tildeni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (California).

The length of the forewings is 3.8-4.2 mm.

The larvae feed on . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is oblong to ovoid and the epidermis is opaque, yellow green. Most mines cross the midrib and only mature mines have a single fold.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Dr. J. W. Tilden of San Jose, California, who has been the only entomologist to collect this insect when it was described.

References

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