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Parornix carpinella

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Species of moth

Parornix carpinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. carpinella
Binomial name
Parornix carpinella
(Frey, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Ornix carpinella Frey, 1863
  • Ornix eppelsheimi Fuchs, 1901

Parornix carpinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Carpinus betulus, Carpinus orientalis and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
Taxon identifiers
Parornix carpinella


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