''Tischeria ceanothi'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Tischeriidae Tischerioidea is the superfamily of "trumpet" leaf miner moths. The superfamily contains just one family, Tischeriidae, and traditionally one genus, '' Tischeria'', but currently three genera are recognised, widespread around the world includin ...

. It is known from

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

and

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

in the United States. The larvae feed on ''

Ceanothus crassifolius ''Ceanothus crassifolius'' is a species of flowering shrub known by the common name hoaryleaf ceanothus. This ''Ceanothus'' is found throughout the coastal mountain ranges of the southern half of California, and its range extends into Baja Calif ...

'', '' Ceanothus divaricatus'', ''

Ceanothus integerrimus ''Ceanothus integerrimus'', known by the common name deer brush, is a species of woody shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the western United States in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington. It grows in montane chaparral ...

'', ''

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ''Ceanothus thyrsiflorus'', known as blueblossom or blue blossom ceanothus, is an evergreen shrub in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae that is endemic to British Columbia in Canada, Oregon and California in the US. The term 'Californian lilac' and ...

'' and ''

Ceanothus velutinus ''Ceanothus'' is a genus of about 50–60 species of nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceanothus. ''"Ceanothus" ...

''. They

mine Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging *Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun M ...

the leaves of their host plant.

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Tischeriidae Moths of North America Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands Moths described in 1890 {{Tischerioidea-stub