Parornix boreasella

Parornix boreasella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Labrador and Québec in Canada and Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]

Parornix boreasella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Parornix
Species:
P. boreasella
Binomial name
Parornix boreasella
(Clemens, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Parornix boreella (Meyrick, 1912)

The larvae feed on Betula lenta and Betula nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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