Parornix carpinella
Species of moth
Parornix carpinella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. carpinella |
Binomial name | |
Parornix carpinella (Frey, 1863)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Parornix carpinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia.
The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Carpinus betulus, Carpinus orientalis and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
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