Cameraria obstrictella
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| Cameraria obstrictella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. obstrictella |
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| Cameraria obstrictella (Clemens, 1859)[1] | |
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Cameraria obstrictella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec the United States (including New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Maine, Vermont and Pennsylvania).[2]
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. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the upperside of the leaf. The mine is a rather broad Y-shaped tract, sometimes crossing the midrib. The flat, oval, silken cocoon is spun in the leg of the Y.
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