Cameraria quercivorella
Appearance
Cameraria quercivorella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cameraria |
Species: | C. quercivorella
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Binomial name | |
Cameraria quercivorella | |
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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
- ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ 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.
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