Cameraria obstrictella

Cameraria obstrictella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. obstrictella
Binomial name
Cameraria obstrictella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis obstrictella Clemens, 1859
  • Cameraria bifasciella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Cameraria ceriferae (Walsingham, 1907)

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

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus acuminata, Quercus alba, Quercus montana, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus rubra, Quercus tinctoria and Quercus velutina, as well as Myrica cerifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ^ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.


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