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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Parornichinae » Parornix » Parornix obliterella - Hodges#0678 (Parornix obliterella)

Species Parornix obliterella - Hodges#0678

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
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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 obliterella (Parornix obliterella - Hodges#0678)
Hodges Number
0678
Explanation of Names
Author: Dietz, 1907
Identification
Range
Recorded from PA, KY, ME, VT.
Food
Birch (Betula spp.)
Print References
Dietz, W. G. 1907. The North American species of the genus Ornix Tr. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33:287–297, pl. 4.
Internet References
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 6 March, 2012 - 6:02am
Additional contributions by Tony-2
Last updated 7 January, 2020 - 12:50pm

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