Cameraria quercivorella

Cameraria quercivorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species: C. quercivorella
Binomial name
Cameraria quercivorella
(Chambers, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis quercivorella Chambers, 1879

Cameraria quercivorella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec in Canada and Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Texas, Vermont and Illinois in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus rubra and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

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