Parornix alta

Parornix alta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parornix
Species:	P. alta
Binomial name
	Parornix alta; (Braun, 1925)
Synonyms
	Parornix alata (Needham, Frost & Tothill, 1928);

Parornix alta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It can be found in the Utah and California, United States.^[1]

The larvae feed on Amelanchier alnifolia by mining the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The epidermis is loosened and much wrinkled, pale brownish and speckled.

References[]

^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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