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Cameraria mendocinensis

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Cameraria mendocinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Cameraria
Species:
C. mendocinensis
Binomial name
Cameraria mendocinensis
Opler & Davis, 1981[1]

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

The length of the forewings is 3.5–4 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus garryana and Quercus lobata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place within the mine. It overwinters as a pupa.

References

  1. ^ The Leafmining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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