Parornix quadripunctella

Parornix quadripunctella
Parornix quadripunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. quadripunctella
Binomial name
Parornix quadripunctella
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Ornix albifaciella Dietz, 1907

Parornix quadripunctella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (including Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland¸Vermont and Pennsylvania).[1]

The larvae feed on Amelanchier species (including Amelanchier canadensis), Cydonia oblonga, Malus species (including Malus sylvestris), Photinia pyrifolia, Prunus and Pyrus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine in the leaves.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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