Interesting Facts
Description
Family Gracillariidae
'Members of the Family
Gracillariidae are small to tiny in size, with a wingspan of 0.4-2 cm. They are usually colorful, with long fringes
on the forewing
and hindwing
. These moths have long antennae and lancelike wings
. When resting, adult
moths often elevate the front of their body, pushing the tips
of their folded wings against the surface on which they are resting. Larvae typically form blotch
mines in leaves and pupate in these mines.
'[1]
Genus Cameraria
Trees
or shrubs
. Leaves opposite, with numerous
, parallel secondary veins. Cymes corymbose
, axillary
, terminal
, or at branch
forks, 1- to many flowered. Calyx small, without glands
; lobes
ovate
, apex acute. Corolla yellow or white, funnelform
or salverform
; tube
long, cylindric
, swollen on 1 side at base
or apex, throat
not scaly
; lobes unequal sided, overlapping to left. Stamens inserted
above middle
of corolla tube; anthers
subsessile
, acuminate, free
from pistil head
, exserted or included
, connective
extending into a long, bristly
appendage
. Ovaries 2, distinct
; ovules numerous on each placenta. Style short or long, filiform
; pistil head conical
, 2-partite. Follicles 2, samaroid
, reflexed
or horizontal, obtuse
. Seeds numerous, ovate.
Four species: Caribbean, one species cultivated in China.[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Part
A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Gracillariidae
()
-
- Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
- Genus:
Cameraria
()
- a genus of Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae)
- Specific name:
philippinensis
- Kumata, 1995
- Scientific name: - Cameraria philippinensis Kumata, 1995
- Specific name:
philippinensis
- Kumata, 1995
- Genus:
Cameraria
(
- Family:
Gracillariidae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Part
A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 5-April-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cameraria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. aceriella (Maple Leafblotch Miner) · C. australisella (Cameraria Australisella) · C. cincinnatiella (Gregarious Oak Leafminer) · C. hamadryadella (Solitary Oak Leafminer) · C. ohridella (Horse Chestnut Leafminer)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- World Gracillariidae: Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Release date: April 5, 2007
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gra-30000500
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4269816
