Parornix peregrinaella

Parornix peregrinaella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parornix
Species:	P. peregrinaella
Binomial name
	Parornix peregrinaella; (Darlington, 1949)

Parornix peregrinaella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia and Québec) and the United States (New Jersey and Vermont).^[1]

The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^{[permanent dead link]}

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