Cameraria leucothorax is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Oregon in the United States.[2]

Cameraria leucothorax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species:
C. leucothorax
Binomial name
Cameraria leucothorax
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis leucothorax Walsingham, 1907

The wingspan is about 8.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Lithocarpus densiflorus, Quercus chrysolepis and Quercus densiflora var. echinoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the underside of the leaf. The larva consumes the entire leaf substance within the mine and at maturity creates several folds in the lower epidermis between which numerous fine wrinkles can be found.

References

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  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". Archived from the original on 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-22.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.