Cameraria obstrictella

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Cameraria obstrictella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. obstrictella
Binomial name
Cameraria obstrictella
(Clemens, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis obstrictellaClemens, 1859
  • Cameraria bifasciella(Chambers, 1878)
  • Cameraria ceriferae(Walsingham, 1907)

Cameraria obstrictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Maine, Vermont and Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] [3]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus acuminata , Quercus alba , Quercus montana , Quercus muehlenbergii , Quercus rubra , Quercus tinctoria and Quercus velutina , as well as Myrica cerifera . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN   978-954-642-909-4. OL   32898597M. Wikidata   Q97158808.