Cameraria jacintoensis

Cameraria jacintoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. jacintoensis
Binomial name
	Cameraria jacintoensis; Opler & Davis, 1981

Cameraria jacintoensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 2.8-4.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus kelloggii, Quercus dumosa, Quercus dumosa var. turbinella, Quercus dumosa × turbinella californica and Quercus turbinella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ovoid. The epidermis is opaque, green tan. Mines normally cross the midrib and consume 25%-100% of the leaf surface. The mines are solitary and normally with two parallel folds, but rarely one or three.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the type-locality (Mount San Jacinto) and the Latin suffix -ensis (denoting place, locality).

References

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[1] The Leafmining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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