Parornix geminatella

The unspotted tentiform leafminer moth (Parornix geminatella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New York, Vermont, Texas, Colorado, Missouri, Kentucky and Connecticut in the United States.[1]

Parornix geminatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Parornix
Species:
P. geminatella
Binomial name
Parornix geminatella
(Packard, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Parornix pennivorella (Chambers, 1877)
  • Parornix prunionella (Chambers, 1876)
  • Parornix prunivorella (Chambers, 1873)
  • Parornix puinrosella (Chambers, 1875)

The larvae feed on Crataegus species, Cydonia species (including Cydonia oblonga), Malus species (including Malus pumila and Malus sylvestris), Prunus species (including Prunus avium, Prunus cerasus and Prunus serotina) and Pyrus species (including Pyrus communis). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine under the leaf surface and close to the leaf margin.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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