Parornix loganella
| Parornix loganella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Parornix |
| Species: | P. loganella |
| Binomial name | |
| Parornix loganella (Stainton, 1848)[1] | |
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Parornix loganella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the British Isles, Denmark and the Baltic States.
Birch leaf with part of its edge turned down
Larva
The larvae feed on Betula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine, larva and pupa cannot be distinguished from those of Parornix betulae.[3]
References
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