Cameraria platanoidiella

Cameraria platanoidiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, New York and Ohio in the United States.[2]

Cameraria platanoidiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. platanoidiella
Binomial name
Cameraria platanoidiella
(Braun, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis platanoidiella Braun, 1908
  • Cameraria platanoidella Maier, 1988

The wingspan is 6.5–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor and Quercus macrocarpa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. The larva is of the flat type, and when mature spins an oval flat cocoon.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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