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Parornix kalmiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Parornix kalmiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia and Québec) the United States (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine and Vermont). The larvae feed on Kalmia angustifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a pale, orange colored blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cerococcus kalmiae1

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
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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