Cameraria temblorensis

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

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

The length of the forewings is 3-4 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus douglasii, Quercus dumosa, Quercus dumosa × engelmanii, Quercus engelmannii, Quercus turbinella and Quercus × alvordiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ovoid. The epidermis is opaque, yellow green. Mines normally cross the midrib and consume 30%-95% of the leaf surface. The mines are solitary and normally have two folds, although occasionally there are three. The folds are parallel or at slight angles.

Etymology

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

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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