Cameraria torridella

Cameraria torridella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the Rift Valley in Kenya. The habitat consists of areas at altitudes between 2,200–2,500 metres (7,200–8,200 ft), where green vegetation is present for 10 months of the year.

Cameraria torridella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Cameraria
Species:
C. torridella
Binomial name
Cameraria torridella
de Prins, 2012

The length of the forewings is 3–3.6 millimetres (0.12–0.14 in). The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is shiny ochreous with white markings consisting of a basal streak, two fascia, two costal and one dorsal strigulae. The hindwings are light fuscous with a long light ochreous shiny fringe. Adults are on wing in early March and from late October to early December.[1]

The larvae feed on Dombeya torrida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is tentiform and made on the underside of the leaf.

Etymology

The name is derived from the specific name of the host plant, coupled with the diminutive Latin suffix –ella.

References
  1. "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Magnolia Press.


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