Cameraria quercivorella

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Cameraria quercivorella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. quercivorella
Binomial name
Cameraria quercivorella
(Chambers, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis quercivorellaChambers, 1879
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Cameraria quercivorella, Hodges #0835
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Cameraria quercivorella, Hodges #0835

Cameraria quercivorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia in Canada and Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Texas, Vermont and Illinois in the United States. [2] [3]

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus obtusiloba , Quercus rubra and Quercus stellata . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

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 2023-10-03.
  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.