Bug FAQCameraria nemoris
Cameraria nemoris · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Gracillariidae
The adult has a wingspan of about eight millimetres. It is found in British Columbia, California and Maine. Its larvae mine the leaves of the plant Vaccinium ovatum.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan is roughly eight millimetres.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Larvae feed on Vaccinium ovatum by mining its leaves.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Recorded from British Columbia in Canada and the US states of California and Maine.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 3 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Washington, Oregon.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
Where is Cameraria nemoris found?
It occurs in British Columbia, California and Maine.
Source: Wikipedia
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameraria_nemoris
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