Parornix melanotella

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

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

The larvae feed on Crataegus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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