Parectopa geraniella

Parectopa geraniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species: P. geraniella
Binomial name
Parectopa geraniella
Braun, 1935[1]

Parectopa geraniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri).[1] It was described by A.F. Braun in 1935.[2]

The hostplant for the species is Geranium maculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear mine, much contorted in the later stages and becoming blotch-like through the confluence of the convolutions.

References

  1. 1 2 Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935
  2. Braun, A. F. 1935. Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61:45–52.
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