Parornix loganella

Parornix loganella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. loganella
Binomial name
Parornix loganella
(Stainton, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argyromiges loganella Stainton, 1848

Parornix loganella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the British Isles, Denmark and the Baltic States.

Birch leaf with part of its edge turned down
Larva

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Betula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine, larva and pupa cannot be distinguished from those of Parornix betulae.[3]

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