Cameraria diabloensis

Cameraria diabloensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the California, United States.[2]

Cameraria diabloensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. diabloensis
Binomial name
Cameraria diabloensis
Opler & Davis, 1981[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.3-4.3 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus chrysolepis var. nana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ovoid to quadrate. The epidermis is opaque yellow tan. All mines cross the midrib and consume 60%-95% of the leaf surface. The mines are solitary and normally have two parallel folds, occasionally one or three.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the type-locality (Mount Diablo) and the Latin suffix -ensis (denoting place, locality).

References
  1. The Leafmining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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