Cameraria landryi

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

Cameraria landryi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of Central African primary rain forest.

The length of the forewings is 2.2–2.4 millimetres (0.087–0.094 in). The forewing ground colour is ochreous with dirty white/black markings consisting of three transverse fasciae, one costal patch and one dorsal strigula and marked blackish-fuscous at the tornus. The hindwings are dirty white with a golden shine along the costal margin. Adults are on wing from late March to late May.[1]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Bernard Landry, Lepidoptera specialist at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Genève.

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