| Parectopa plantaginisella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Parectopa |
| Species: | P. plantaginisella |
| Binomial name | |
| Parectopa plantaginisella (Chambers, 1872) |
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Parectopa plantaginisella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (Kentucky, Maine Michigan, Missouri and Vermont).[1]
The larvae feed on Erigeron species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow, winding and linear mine filled with frass. The mine ends in a large bladder-like mine, the upper and lower cuticles being puffed out.