Biology:Tischeria quercitella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Oak blotch miner moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tischeriidae |
| Genus: | Tischeria |
| Species: | T. quercitella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tischeria quercitella Clemens, 1863[1]
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Tischeria quercitella, the oak blotch miner moth, is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It has been sighted in North America in Ontario, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts , Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.[2][3]
The larvae feed on Castanea dentata, Quercus alba, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus prinus and Quercus velutina.[citation needed] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a distinctive upperside blotch. It is the only species of the oak-feeding group of North American Tischeria species that constructs a nidus as a pupal chamber within the mine.[4]
References
- ↑ Nearctic Tischeriidae
- ↑ "Tischeria quercitella". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Tischeria-quercitella. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Tischeria quercitella – Oak Blotch Miner Moth". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=144. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Tischeriidae: Fagaceae-feeding group". http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Tischeriidae/Fagaceae_feeding/index.html. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q10827153 entry
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