Parornix kalmiella

Parornix kalmiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. kalmiella
Binomial name
Parornix kalmiella
(Dietz, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Ornix kalmiella Dietz, 1907
  • Parornix palmiella (Needham, Frost & Tothill, 1928)

Parornix kalmiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia and Québec) the United States (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine and Vermont).[1]

The larvae feed on Kalmia angustifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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