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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae » Cameraria » Cameraria mediodorsella - Hodges#0829 (Cameraria mediodorsella)

Species Cameraria mediodorsella - Hodges#0829

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Subfamily Lithocolletinae

Genus Cameraria

Species mediodorsella (Cameraria mediodorsella - Hodges#0829)

Hodges Number

0829

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cameraria mediodorsella (Braun, 1908) (1)

Lithocolletis mediodorsella Braun, 1908 (2)

Numbers

There are about 53 species of Cameraria in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Forewing length: (1), (2)

females 2.5-4.1 mm

males 2.8-4.3 mm.

Identification

Forewing:

Orange-brown ground color with the basal area of the inner margin edged in white.

Antemedial white bar along costa.

Postmedial white spot along costa.

Broken white line extending from tornus to near apex at the costa.

A patch of black scales in the median area extending from costa towards inner margin.

Identical to Cameraria jacintoensis but can be separated by the larval host. (link to photo below)

Range

California (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Most records of adults are from February to March; June; September to October. (3)

Food

Larval host is California black oak, Quercus kelloggii Newberry.

The non-native Q. suber has become a host.(1)

See Also

Cameraria jacintoensis.

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Braun, A. 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. 335. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	The Leafmining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Paul A. Opler and R. Donald Davis. 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology: no. 333.

2.	Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner Annette F. Braun. 1908. University of Cincinnati.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 November, 2011 - 11:54am
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 12:49am

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