Parornix preciosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Vermont in the United States.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. preciosella
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Binomial name | |
Parornix preciosella (Dietz, 1907)
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The larvae feed on Vaccinium corymbosum and Prunus virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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