Parornix spiraeifoliella
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Parornix spiraeifoliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. spiraeifoliella
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Binomial name | |
Parornix spiraeifoliella (Braun, 1918)
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Parornix spiraeifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia, Canada.[1]
The larvae feed on Spiraea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a much wrinkled mine on the underside of the leaf.
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