Parornix peregrinaella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia and Québec) and the United States (New Jersey and Vermont).[1]
Parornix peregrinaella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. peregrinaella
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Binomial name | |
Parornix peregrinaella (Darlington, 1949)
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The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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