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Cameraria tubiferella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Cameraria tubiferella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cameraria

Rank
  
Species

Cameraria tubiferella

Cameraria tubiferella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Kentucky, Maine, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States.

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus michauxii and Quercus virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the upperside of the leaf. The very characteristic mine cannot be mistaken for that of any other species. The mine is often branched, the larva returning toward the beginning of the mine, and starting out anew in another direction.

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Cameraria tubiferella Wikipedia