Parornix inusitatumella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in Canada, and from Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Maine in the United States.[2][3]
| Parornix inusitatumella | |
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| Leaf mine on Crataegus leaf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Parornix |
| Species: | P. inusitatumella
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| Binomial name | |
| Parornix inusitatumella (Chambers, 1873)
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The larvae are leaf miners of Crataegus mollis and Crataegus calpodendron; the mine is a large, white or yellowish-white blotch, speckled throughout with frass.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Parornix inusitatumella (Chambers, 1873)". Gracillariidae.net. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Parornix inusitatumella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ a b Eiseman, Charley (2019). Leafminers of North America (1 ed.). p. 870.