Biology:Cameraria quercivorella
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Short description: Species of moth
Cameraria quercivorella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cameraria |
Species: | C. quercivorella
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Binomial name | |
Cameraria quercivorella (Chambers, 1879)[1]
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Cameraria quercivorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia in Canada and Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Texas , Vermont and Illinois in the United States.[2][3]
The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus obtusiloba, Quercus rubra and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5026111 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameraria quercivorella.
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