Parectopa lespedezaefoliella

Parectopa lespedezaefoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species:
P. lespedezaefoliella
Binomial name
Parectopa lespedezaefoliella
Clemens, 1860
Synonyms
  • Parectopa lespedegaefoliella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Parectopa lespedegofoliella (Chambers, 1876)
  • Parectopa lespedesaefoliella Chambers, 1873
  • Parectopa lespedezifoliella Meyrick, 1912
  • Parectopa lespidegaefoliella (Chambers, 1877)
  • Parectopa mirabilis (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Parectopa lespedezaefoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Maine, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Lespedeza species (including Lespedeza violacea), Meibomia species and Robinia species (including Robinia pseudacacia). They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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