Cameraria platanoidiella
| Cameraria platanoidiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. platanoidiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Cameraria platanoidiella (Braun, 1908)[1] | |
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Cameraria platanoidiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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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