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.

Cameraria hexalobina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. hexalobina
Binomial name
Cameraria hexalobina
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hexalobina Vári, 1961
  • Phyllonorycter hexalobina

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

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  1. ^ "Afrotropical Gracillariidae". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  2. ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  3. ^ "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-03-01.