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Cameraria bethunella Complex

Sort #: 271 | P #: 330227 | MPG #: 809
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Larval feeding type: Upperside leaf-mine, pupates in the mine. There appears to be at least two types of mine. One is an oval brown blotch with a central fold (probably the true bethunella) and the second is a circular whitish blotch with the black frass piled in the center. From the latter type there appears to be a smaller and a larger species.
Larval substrate: Quercus (Oak), Quercus ilicifolia* (Scrub Oak)
Phenology: Adult: 6/13 to 8/06 (13 records)

Comment: This is a complex of species needing more research (also including C. arcuella). There are at least three species in this group occurring in Massachusetts (see next three species).

Status in MA (automated assessment): Fairly widespread, uncommon
Status in N. America: Native
MA Endangered Species Act status: None
First Year Reported: 1942
Last Year Reported: 2024

Distribution by County: Hampshire, Middlesex, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket
Number of Records: 18