The leaf mine of a Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2014). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.
The leaf mine of a Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth from below in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2014). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.
Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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The leaf mine of a Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2014). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.
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Maple Leafblotch Miner Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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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. aceriella
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| Cameraria aceriella | |
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Cameraria aceriella, maple leafblotch miner, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, and Vermont in the United States.[2][3]
The wingspan is 7–9 mm.[1] Adults are on wing from the end of May to June.
The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]
This species was first described by American entomologist James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Annette Frances Braun (1908), Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner, Philadelphia: s. n.], doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.17825, OL 14038649M, Wikidata Q51425053
- ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ a b Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
- ^ "Insects and diseases of Canada's forests". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
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