Parornix scoticella

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Parornix scoticella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. scoticella
Binomial name
Parornix scoticella
(Stainton, 1850) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix scoticellaStainton, 1850

Parornix scoticella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe.

Some leaflets of Sorbus aucuparia with turned-down edges Parornix scoticella some leaflets of Sorbus aucuparia with turned-down edges.JPG
Some leaflets of Sorbus aucuparia with turned-down edges
Larva Parornix scoticella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The head is whitish, mixed with fuscous. Palpi white. Forewings are dark fuscous, towards base irrorated with white: numerous costal strigulae, a spot in disc posteriorly, and two dorsal spots preceded by blackish spots white; a black apical spot, anteriorly white-margined; cilia with three entire dark fuscous lines. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellow-green; dorsal line dark green or red-brown; head pale brown; segment 2 with four black spots. [2]

Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations in southern parts of the range and in one generation with adults in August in the north. [3]

The larvae feed on Cotoneaster nebrodensis , Malus sylvestris , Sorbus aria , Sorbus aucuparia , Sorbus chamaemespilus , Sorbus intermedia and Sorbus torminalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. UKmoths
  4. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-03.