Cameraria conglomeratella

Cameraria conglomeratella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cameraria
Species:	C. conglomeratella
Binomial name
	Cameraria conglomeratella; (Zeller, 1875)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis conglomeratella Zeller, 1875 ; Cameraria bicolorella (Chambers, 1878) ; Cameraria obtusilobae (Frey & Boll, 1878) ;

Cameraria conglomeratella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia in the United States.^[2]

Mine and cocoon

The wingspan is 7.5–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus bicolor, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus obtusifolia, Quercus obtusiloba and Quercus virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the upperside of the leaf. The pupa is formed under a flat, nearly circular silken cocoon.

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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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