Parornix boreasella

Parornix boreasella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. boreasella
Binomial name
Parornix boreasella
(Clemens, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Parornix boreella (Meyrick, 1912)

Parornix boreasella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Labrador and Québec in Canada and Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Betula lenta and Betula nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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