Parornix torquillella

Parornix torquillella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. torquillella
Binomial name
Parornix torquillella
(Zeller, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Ornix torquillella Zeller, 1850
  • Deltaornix torquillella

Parornix torquillella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae found in Europe. The larvae mine the leaves of Prunus species, such as blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). It was described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1850, from specimens found in Florence, Leghorn and Pisa.

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