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Parectopa thermopsella

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Species of moth

Parectopa thermopsella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species: P. thermopsella
Binomial name
Parectopa thermopsella
(Chambers, 1875)

Parectopa thermopsella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Colorado, United States.

The larvae feed on Thermopsis fabacea var. montana, Thermopsis montana and Thermopsis rhombifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a flat, irregular mine on the upperside of the leaf.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Parectopa thermopsella


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