2011-04-12

Cameraria wizlizeniella

Cameraria wislizeniella

Cameraria wislizeniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
(unranked): Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species: C. wislizeniella
Binomial name
Cameraria wislizeniella
Opler, 1971

Cameraria wislizeniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (California).

The length of the forewings is 2.4-4.7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus agrifolia, Quercus wislizeni and Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is oblong to ovoid, occasionally circular. The epidermis is opaque, green yellow. Mines usually cross the midrib. They are solitary, there is usually only one mine per leaf, usually with a single fold, but occasionally two folds.

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