Cameraria platanoidiella

Cameraria platanoidiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. platanoidiella
Binomial name
	Cameraria platanoidiella; (Braun, 1908)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis platanoidiella Braun, 1908; Cameraria platanoidella Maier, 1988;

Cameraria platanoidiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, New York and Ohio in the United States.^[2]

The wingspan is 6.5–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor and Quercus macrocarpa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. The larva is of the flat type, and when mature spins an oval flat cocoon.

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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner

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

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