Species Parornix peregrinaella - Hodges#0679

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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

Genus Parornix

Species peregrinaella (Parornix peregrinaella - Hodges#0679)

Hodges Number

0679

Identification

Genitalia:

Food

Comptonia peregrina - Sweet Fern

Life Cycle

"Forms a tentiform leaf-mine on the underside, then feeds in a folded leaf edge, folded downwards; pupates in a silken cocoon away from the feeding area" (Mass Moths)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

iNaturalist

Mass Moths

Contributed by tom murray on 2 May, 2021 - 7:19pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 June, 2024 - 1:01pm

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