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Parornix inusitatumella

Synonyms: Parornix inusitatella

Wikipedia Abstract

Parornix inusitatumella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Kentucky, Ohio, Maine and Michigan in the United States. The larvae feed on Crataegus species (including Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus parvifolia and Crataegus tomentosa). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, white, tentiform mine on the leaf upperside. It is almost circular and specked with frass. When completed the leaf is rolled upwards.
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Prey / Diet

Crataegus calpodendron (late hawthorn)[1]
Crataegus mollis (Downy Hawthorn)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Parornix crataegifoliella1
Phyllonorycter crataegella1

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0