Parornix cotoneasterella

Parornix cotoneasterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. cotoneasterella
Binomial name
Parornix cotoneasterella
Kuznetzov, 1978

Parornix cotoneasterella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.[1]

The larvae feed on Cotoneaster avellana and Cotoneaster hissarica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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