Parafomoria ladaniphila
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Parafomoria |
| Species: | P. ladaniphila
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| Binomial name | |
| Parafomoria ladaniphila (Mendes, 1910)
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Parafomoria ladaniphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Portugal and southern Spain.
The length of the forewings is 1.7-1.85 mm for males and 1.7-1.8 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Cistus ladanifer. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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- The Cistaceae-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the western Palaearctic region
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