Parornix boreasella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. boreasella
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Binomial name | |
Parornix boreasella (Clemens, 1864)
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Parornix boreasella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Labrador and Québec in Canada and Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Betula lenta and Betula nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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