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Parornix melanotella

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Species of moth

Parornix melanotella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. melanotella
Binomial name
Parornix melanotella
(Dietz, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Ornix melanotella Dietz, 1907

Parornix melanotella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) the United States (Pennsylvania, Maine and Vermont).

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

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Parornix melanotella


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