Parornix kalmiella

Parornix kalmiella
Parornix kalmiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. kalmiella
Binomial name
Parornix kalmiella
(Dietz, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Ornix kalmiella Dietz, 1907
  • Parornix palmiella (Needham, Frost & Tothill, 1928)

Parornix kalmiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia and Québec) the United States (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine and Vermont).[1]

The larvae feed on Kalmia angustifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a pale, orange colored blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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