Parornix polygrammella

Parornix polygrammella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Fennoscandia, Estonia, northern Russia and France.

Parornix polygrammella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Parornix
Species:
P. polygrammella
Binomial name
Parornix polygrammella
(Wocke, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix polygrammella Wocke, 1862

The larvae feed on Betula nana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a small, lower-surface, tentiform mine. After the larva has left the mine, it folds a leaf downwards over the midrib and consumes it up to the epidermis.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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