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Parectopa plantaginisella

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Species of moth

Parectopa plantaginisella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species: P. plantaginisella
Binomial name
Parectopa plantaginisella
(Chambers, 1872)

Parectopa plantaginisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri and Vermont in the United States.

The larvae feed on Erigeron species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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Taxon identifiers
Parectopa plantaginisella


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