Parectopa thermopsella
Parectopa thermopsella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parectopa |
Species: | P. thermopsella |
Binomial name | |
Parectopa thermopsella (Chambers, 1875) | |
Parectopa thermopsella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Colorado, United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Thermopsis fabacea var. montana, Thermopsis montana and Thermopsis rhombifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a flat, irregular mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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