Parectopa pennsylvaniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. Its habitat extends from Québec, Canada, to the states of New York, Ohio, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine and Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]
Parectopa pennsylvaniella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parectopa |
Species: | P. pennsylvaniella
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Binomial name | |
Parectopa pennsylvaniella (Engel, 1907)
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The wingspan is about 7 mm.
The larvae feed on Symphyotrichum cordifolium. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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