Parornix alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]
Parornix alni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parornix |
Species: | P. alni |
Binomial name | |
Parornix alni Kumata, 1965[1] | |
The wingspan is 8–9 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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