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Subfamily Parornichinae

Pelham road leaf miner on Prunus serotina D395 2017 2 - Parornix geminatella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Subfamily Parornichinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Considered a tribe (Parornichini) within Gracillariinae by (1).

Explanation of Names

Authors: Kawahara & Ohshima, 2016 (2)

Works Cited

1.	An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types De Prins et al. 2019. Zootaxa.

2.	A molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level classification for the leaf-mining moth family Gracillariidae and ... Kawahara, A. et al. 2016. Systematic Entomology.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 17 October, 2016 - 3:00pm
Last updated 29 April, 2019 - 7:40am

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