Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella

Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec Canada, and Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, Maine and New York in the United States.^[2][3]

Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cremastobombycia
Species:	C. ambrosiaeella
Binomial name
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis ambrosiaeella Chambers, 1871 Cremastobombycia ambrosiella (Frey & Boll, 1878) Cremastobombycia ambrosiella (Dyar, [1903]) Cremastobombycia amoena (Frey & Boll, 1878) Cremastobombycia nobilissima (Frey & Boll, 1878)

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Ambrosia species (including Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ambrosia trifida), Helianthus species (including Helianthus giganteus), Heterotera squarrosa, Ridania alternifolia and Verbesina species (including Verbesina alternifolia). They mine the leaves of their host plant.