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Parornix loganella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the British Isles, Denmark and the Baltic States.

Parornix loganella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parornix
Species:	P. loganella
Binomial name
Parornix loganella (Stainton, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
Argyromiges loganella Stainton, 1848

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.[2] The head is grey mixed with dark brown. Palpi white. Forewings blackish-fuscous; numerous costal strigulae, a spot in disc posteriorly, and two dorsal spots white; a black apical dot; cilia fuscous, terminal half white except on tornus, with a black subapical line. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale green; dorsal line darker; head brown; segment 2 with four black spots.[3]

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.[4]

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