Parornix strobivorella

Parornix strobivorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. strobivorella
Binomial name
Parornix strobivorella
(Dietz, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Ornix strobivorella Dietz, 1907
  • Parornix sorbivorella Forbes, 1923

Parornix strobivorella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Pennsylvania and Maine in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Pyrus and Sorbus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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