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Parornix fagivora

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Species of moth

Parornix fagivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. fagivora
Binomial name
Parornix fagivora
(Frey, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Ornix fagivora Frey, 1861

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

A piece of beech leaf with its edge turned down by the adult larva
Damage
Larva

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Fagus sylvatica, including subspecies Fagus sylvatica orientalis. 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 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
Taxon identifiers
Parornix fagivora


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