Parornix carpinella

Parornix carpinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Parornix
Species:	P. carpinella
Binomial name
	Parornix carpinella; (Frey, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
	Ornix carpinella Frey, 1863; Ornix eppelsheimi Fuchs, 1901;

Parornix carpinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Carpinus betulus, Carpinus orientalis and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a small, angular, full depth blotch, often in a vein axle. The larva deposits some silk in the mine, but the quantity is so low that the mine remains practically flat. Later the larva leaves the mine and continues feeding within a down folded leaf margin or leaf tip.[3]

References

Fauna Europaea
microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
bladmineerders.nl

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[3] rders.nl