Cameraria picturatella in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/18/2022). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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"Larva forms a brownish blotch mine on the upper side of bayberry (Morella [Myrica] pensylvanica and M. caroliniensis) leaves." (BugGuide)

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Cameraria picturatella

Cameraria picturatella moth larvae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. picturatella
Binomial name
*Cameraria picturatella* (Braun, 1916)
Synonyms
Lithocolletis picturatella Braun, 1916

Cameraria picturatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Maine in the United States.^[1]

The larvae feed on Myrica caroliniensis and Myrica pensylvanica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[2]

^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS - the Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum". Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-17.