Parornix fagivora

Parornix fagivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. fagivora
Binomial name
Parornix fagivora
(Frey, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix fagivora Frey, 1861

Parornix fagivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Albania and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

A piece of beech leaf with its edge turned down by the adult larva
Damage
Larva

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Fagus sylvatica, including subspecies Fagus sylvatica orientalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-03.


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