Parornix quadripunctella
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| Parornix quadripunctella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Parornix |
| Species: | P. quadripunctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Parornix quadripunctella (Clemens, 1861) | |
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Parornix quadripunctella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (including Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Vermont and Pennsylvania).[1]
The larvae feed on Amelanchier species (including Amelanchier canadensis), Cydonia oblonga, Malus species (including Malus sylvestris), Photinia pyrifolia, Prunus and Pyrus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine in the leaves.
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