Parafomoria pseudocistivora

Parafomoria pseudocistivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Parafomoria
Species: P. pseudocistivora
Binomial name
Parafomoria pseudocistivora
van Nieukerken 1983

Parafomoria pseudocistivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is probably found in the whole Mediterranean region.

The length of the forewings is 2.1-2.6 mm for males and 2.1-2.6 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Cistus albidus, Cistus crispus, Cistus incanus creticus and Cistus salviifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, often contorted, narrow corridor that hardly widens towards the end. The frass is deposited in an interrupted central line that never occupies over one third of the corridor width. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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