Cameraria hexalobina
| Cameraria hexalobina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. hexalobina
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| Binomial name | |
| Cameraria hexalobina (Vári, 1961)[1]
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Cameraria hexalobina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa[2] and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of savannah vegetation with high standing dry grass.
The length of the forewings is 2.9–3.1 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from late March to late April.
The larvae feed on Hexalobus glabrescens and Hexalobus monopetalus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ "Afrotropical Gracillariidae". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
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