Parornix minor

Parornix minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. minor
Binomial name
Parornix minor
Kumata, 1965[1]

Parornix minor is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Honshū, Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 7 mm.

The larvae feed on Ericaceae species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ On the species of the genera Parornix Spuler and Callisto Stephens occurring in Japan, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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