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Short description: Species of moth

Oak blotch miner moth
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Tischeria
Species:
T. quercitella
Binomial name
Tischeria quercitella
Clemens, 1863[1]
Synonyms
  • Tischeria tinctoriella Chambers, 1875

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

Wikidata ☰ Q10827153 entry