Cameraria serpentinensis
| Cameraria serpentinensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. serpentinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cameraria serpentinensis Opler & Davis, 1981[1] | |
Cameraria serpentinensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.[2]
The length of the forewings is 3.2-4.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus douglasii, Quercus dumosa, Quercus durata and Quercus × alvordiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is ovoid. The epidermis is opaque, brown. All mines cross the midrib and consume 60%-90% of the leaf surface. The mines are solitary and normally with two folds, but rarely one. These folds are not necessarily parallel to each other. The leaf is bowed up with a sunken area at the middle of leaf.
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the type of soil (i.e., serpentine) on which one of its host occurs.
References
- ^ "The Leafmining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-10-03.