Cameraria obstrictella

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

Cameraria obstrictella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
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)

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.

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


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