Cameraria lentella

(Braun, 1908)

Sort #: 283 | P #: 330247 | MPG #: 825
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Larval feeding type: Upperside leaf-mine, pupates in the mine. Usually a much wrinkled brownish mine encompassing the midrib, often with more than one larva, the leaf folded over the mine, smaller when just one larva present. Some mines can be flatter, hardly crossing the midrib and when old, the upper cuticle can be badly torn before the moths have emerged.
Larval substrate: Ostrya virginiana* (Hop Hornbeam)

Status in MA (automated assessment): Fairly widespread, rare
Status in N. America: Native
MA Endangered Species Act status: None
First Year Reported: 2012
Last Year Reported: 2023

Distribution by County: Hampshire, Worcester, Essex, Norfolk
Number of Records: 4