Parectopa geraniella

Parectopa geraniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parectopa
Species:	P. geraniella
Binomial name
	Parectopa geraniella; Braun, 1935

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.

References

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

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[GTD-1] 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.

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