Cameraria macrocarpella
| Cameraria macrocarpella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cameraria |
| Species: | C. macrocarpella |
| Binomial name | |
| Cameraria macrocarpella (Frey & Boll, 1878)[1] | |
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Cameraria macrocarpella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and New Jersey, Texas, Maine, Maryland, New York, Illinois and Vermont in the United States.[2]
The wingspan is 8.5–9 mm.
The larvae feed on Castanea species and Quercus macrocarpa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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