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Cameraria quercivorella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Cameraria quercivorella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cameraria

Rank
  
Species

Cameraria quercivorella

Similar
  
Acrolophus popeanella, Antaeotricha, Acrolophus, Chionodes, Monopis

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.

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.

References

Cameraria quercivorella Wikipedia