Parornix anglicella

Parornix anglicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. anglicella
Binomial name
Parornix anglicella
(Stainton, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Parornix fragariae (Stainton, 1874)
  • Parornix nebulea (Haworth, 1828)
  • Parornix rubiella Caradja, 1920

Parornix anglicella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is widespread in: Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, central and northern Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Outside Europe it is recorded from the Near East and Nearctic ecozone.

A hawthorn leaf with a mine of a young larva and two cones formed by adult larvae
Larva

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing in two generations in April and May and again in August.

The caterpillars usually feed on Crataegus species, but have also been recorded on Mespilus germanica, Sorbus aucuparia en Fragaria species.


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