Parornix spiraeifoliella

Parornix spiraeifoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. spiraeifoliella
Binomial name
Parornix spiraeifoliella
(Braun, 1918)

Parornix spiraeifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia, Canada.[1]

The larvae feed on Spiraea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a much wrinkled mine on the underside of the leaf.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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