Cameraria_cincinnatiella

<i>Cameraria cincinnatiella</i>

Cameraria cincinnatiella

Species of moth

Cameraria cincinnatiella (gregarious oak leafminer moth) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and the United States (including Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Connecticut and Colorado).[2][3]

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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

  1. [1]
    Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. [2]
    "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. [3]
    Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.


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