Biology:Cameraria ostryarella

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Short description: Species of moth

Cameraria ostryarella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. ostryarella
Binomial name
Cameraria ostryarella
(Chambers, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Meyrick, 1912) Chambers, 1871
  • Cameraria ostryaeella Lithocolletis ostryarella
  • (Chambers, 1871) Cameraria ostryella

Cameraria ostryarella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New York, Connecticut and Vermont in the United States.[2][3]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Ostrya species, including Ostrya virginiana and Ostrya virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. As many as four or five may occur in one mine. The hibernating larvae pass the winter in circular silken-lined chambers, the outline appearing on the upper epidermis as a circular narrow ridge.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5026101 entry