Parornix atripalpella

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Parornix atripalpella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. atripalpella
Binomial name
Parornix atripalpella
Wahlström, 1979 [1]

Parornix atripalpella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from France, Germany, mainland Italy, Sardinia, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. [2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. [3]

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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