Parornix obliterella

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

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

The larvae feed on Betula lenta and Betula nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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