Cameraria landryi

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

Cameraria landryi
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C. landryi
Binomial name
Cameraria landryi
de Prins, 2012

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] Those be the facts

Etymology

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

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