Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic, 1986
(Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner)
SubfamilyLITHOCOLLETINAE (midget micro-moths)
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner) :
1: Cameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner)
10 Oct 2015 OSGR: SP71 51° 50’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
old leaf mines on Horse Chestnut
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural background (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural background (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural background (4)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - magnified - natural backgroundImage 6: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 7: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural background (2)Image 8: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural background (3)Image 9: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background
2: Cameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner)
5 Sep 2007 OSGR: SK38 53° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63) England
leaf mines on horse chestnut
Image 1: Mine - by transmitted light - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Mine - by transmitted light - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Mine - by transmitted light - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Mine - by transmitted light - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 5: Mine - from top surface of leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Mine - from under surface of leaf - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A. 2011 The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids British Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.

Cameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 23 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cameraria ohridella (Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner)
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