Jump to content

Cameraria cincinnatiella

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by JJMC89 bot III (talk | contribs) at 16:20, 24 June 2020 (Moving Category:Cameraria to Category:Cameraria (moth) per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Cameraria cincinnatiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Infraorder:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
C. cincinnatiella
Binomial name
Cameraria cincinnatiella
(Chambers, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis cincinnatiella Chambers, 1871
  • Cameraria cincinnatella (Hagen, 1884)

Cameraria cincinnatiella (gregarious oak leafminer moth) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and the United States (including Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Connecticut and Colorado).[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus prinus and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a brownish-yellow tentiform mine on the upperside of the leaf. The loosened epidermis is brownish yellow, somewhat puckered, and often covering nearly the entire leaf..The larvae feed together in a gregarious fashion, forming large mines.

References