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Parornix multimaculata

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Parornix multimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Parornix
Species:
P. multimaculata
Binomial name
Parornix multimaculata
(Matsumura, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lyoneta multimaculata Matsumura, 1931
  • Callisto multimaculata

Parornix multimaculata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Japan (Hokkaidō), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 8.5–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Malus baccata, Prunus avium, Prunus maximowiczii, Prunus mume, Prunus sachalinensis, Prunus salicina, Prunus sargentii and Prunus ussuriensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ On the species of the genera Parornix Spuler and Callisto Stephens occurring in Japan, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]


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