Biology:Cameraria hamadryadella

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Short description: Species of moth

Cameraria hamadryadella
Cameraria hamadryadella.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. hamadryadella
Binomial name
Cameraria hamadryadella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Zeller, 1875) Clemens, 1859
  • (Frey & Boll, 1878) Cameraria alternata
  • Lithocolletis hamadryadella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Cameraria alternatella Cameraria hamadryella
Damage
Cameraria hamadryadella, solitary oak leafminer
Cameraria hamadryadella, solitary oak leafminer, Size: 3.5 mm

Cameraria hamadryadella, the solitary oak leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is widely distributed in temperate North America.[2][3]

The wingspan is 6.5-8.5 mm. Adults are on wing in spring in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Gaylussacia and Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus benderi, Quercus bicolor, Quercus coccinea, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus lyrata, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus marilandica, Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus prinoides, Quercus prinus, Quercus robur, Quercus rubra, Quercus stellata and Quercus velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upperside blotch. They overwinter in leaf litter as diapausing larvae within the leaf mine.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5026071 entry