Parornix maliphaga

Parornix maliphaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. maliphaga
Binomial name
Parornix maliphaga
Kuznetzov, 1979

Parornix maliphaga is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the central Asian part of Russia and the Russian Far East.[1]

The larvae feed on Malus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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