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