Parornix inusitatumella

Parornix inusitatumella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Kentucky, Ohio, Maine and Michigan in the United States.[1]

Parornix inusitatumella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. inusitatumella
Binomial name
Parornix inusitatumella
(Chambers, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Parornix inusitatella (Meyrick, 1912)

The larvae feed on Crataegus species (including Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus parvifolia and Crataegus tomentosa). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, white, tentiform mine on the leaf upperside. It is almost circular and specked with frass. When completed the leaf is rolled upwards.

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