Parornix fagivora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. fagivora |
Binomial name | |
Parornix fagivora (Frey, 1861) | |
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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.
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
- Fauna Europaea
- microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Parornix fagivora |
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