Parectopa geraniella

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Parectopa geraniella
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P. geraniella
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Parectopa geraniella
Braun, 1935 [1]

Parectopa geraniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the US states of Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. [1] It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1935. [2]

The host plant for the species is Geranium maculatum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear mine, much contorted in the later stages and becoming blotch like through the confluence of the convolutions.

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References

  1. 1 2 Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935 [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Braun, A. F. (1935). "Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 61:45–52.