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Parectopa geraniella

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Parectopa geraniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species:
P. geraniella
Binomial name
Parectopa geraniella
Braun, 1935[1]

Parectopa geraniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the US states of Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri.[1] It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1935.[2]

The host plant for the species is Geranium maculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear mine, much contorted in the later stages and becoming blotch like through the confluence of the convolutions.

References

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  1. ^ a b Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Braun, A. F. (1935). "Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 61:45–52.