Parornix peregrinaella

Parornix peregrinaella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia and Québec) and the United States (New Jersey and Vermont).[1]

Parornix peregrinaella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. peregrinaella
Binomial name
Parornix peregrinaella
(Darlington, 1949)

The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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