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Parafomoria liguricella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Italian Riviera and the Spanish Mediterranean coast. It is probably also present in France, Portugal and North Africa.

Parafomoria liguricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Parafomoria
Species:	P. liguricella
Binomial name
Parafomoria liguricella (Klimesch, 1946)
Synonyms
Stigmella liguricella Klimesch, 1946

The length of the forewings is 1.7-1.85 mm for males and 1.3-2.2 mm for females. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Cistus albidus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a very narrow, much contorted corridor, forming a quite small secondary blotch in the end. Sometimes though, the mine is less contorted and the corridor follows a vein. The frass is deposited in a thick broken central line. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• bladmineerders.nl
• The Cistaceae-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the western Palaearctic region

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