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Parectopa geraniella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parectopa
Species:	P. geraniella
Binomial name
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935

Parectopa geraniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the US states of Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1935.

The host plant for the species is Geranium maculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear mine, much contorted in the later stages and becoming blotch like through the confluence of the convolutions.

References

1. ^ Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935
2. Braun, A. F. (1935). "Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 61:45–52.

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