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Cameraria cincinnatiella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Cameraria cincinnatiella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cameraria

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Cameraria hamadryadella, Cameraria, Caloptilia, Agonopterix, Bucculatricidae

The gregarious oak leafminer moth (Cameraria cincinnatiella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and the United States (including Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Connecticut and Colorado).

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus prinus and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a brownish-yellow tentiform mine on the upperside of the leaf. The loosened epidermis is brownish yellow, somewhat puckered, and often covering nearly the entire leaf..The larvae feed together in a gregarious fashion, forming large mines.

References

Cameraria cincinnatiella Wikipedia