Cameraria fasciella

Cameraria fasciella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kentucky and Ohio in the United States.[2]

Cameraria fasciella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. fasciella
Binomial name
Cameraria fasciella
(Walsingham, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis fasciella Walsingham, 1891
  • Cameraria unifasciella (Chambers, 1875)

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus tinctoria and Quercus velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular yellowish blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

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


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