Parornix vicinella

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

Parornix vicinella is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the eastern United States (Pennsylvania and Maine).[1]

The larvae feed on Betula alleghaniensis and Betula flava. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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