Cameraria pongamiae
Cameraria pongamiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Malaysia (Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Sabah), the Philippines (Luzon, Palawan) and Taiwan.[2]
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The wingspan is 3.8-4.8 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Pongamia pinnata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an oval or elliptical blotch mine occurring upon the upper side of the leaf, usually on the leaf vein. It is flat and somewhat transparent through the upper epidermis at a young stage, then discoloured into white and deformed into a tentiform type with a finely shrunk upper epidermis at maturity. Pupation takes place inside the mine-cavity without a particular cocoon. More than ten mines may be found on a single leaflet.
References
- Some species of the subfamily Lithocolletinae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera) collected in the Philippines
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- A Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Malaysian Lithocolletin Ae (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera), With A Revision Of Indian Cameraria Associated With Leguminosae
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