Parornix petiolella

Parornix petiolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parornix
Species:	P. petiolella
Binomial name
	Parornix petiolella; (Frey, 1863)
Synonyms
	Ornix petiolella Frey, 1863;

Parornix petiolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, the European part of Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.^[2]

Apple leaf with mine of young larva (2b); another apple leaf with a mine of a young larva, and with its lower parts drawn together by a web spun by the adult larva near the petiole

Larva

The larvae feed on Armeniaca, Malus species (including Malus domestica, Malus pumila and Malus sylvestris), Prunus species (including Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasus, Prunus domestica, Prunus spinosa and Prunus vulgaris), Persica and Pyrus species.

References

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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Parornix petiolella

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