''Coptotriche castaneaeella'' is a
moth of the family
Tischeriidae. It was described by
Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V.T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pioneer ...
in 1875.
Global diversity; phylogeny of Tischeriidae
It is found in the US states of Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia.
The larvae feed on '' Quercus alba'', '' Quercus bicolor'', '' Quercus coccinea'', '' Quercus imbricaria'', '' Quercus marilandica'', '' Quercus phellos'', ''Quercus prinus
''Quercus montana'', the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to ...
'', ''Quercus rubra
''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'' and '' Quercus velutina''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a trumpet mine.
References
Moths described in 1875
Tischeriidae
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