Cameraria anomala
Cameraria anomala | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Cameraria |
Species: | C. anomala
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Binomial name | |
Cameraria anomala Opler & Davis, 1981[1]
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Cameraria anomala is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.[2]
The length of the forewings is 3-4.8 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus agrifolia and Quercus wislizeni. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Etymology[]
The specific name is derived from the Greek anomalus (meaning uneven, irregular) in reference to the highly irregular margin of the male valvae.
References[]
Categories:
- Cameraria (moth)
- Cameraria (moth) stubs
- Lepidoptera of the United States
- Moths of North America
- Leaf miners
- Moths described in 1981
- Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist)
- Taxa named by Paul A. Opler