Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Parornix anglicella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Parornix Rank Species | |
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Similar Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae, Parornix devoniella, Phyllonorycter spinicolella, Phyllonorycter coryli, Butterflies and moths | ||
Parornix anglicella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is widespread in: Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, central and northern Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Outside Europe it is recorded from the Near East and Nearctic ecozone.
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing in two generations in April and May and again in August.
The caterpillars usually feed on Crataegus species, but have also been recorded on Mespilus germanica, Sorbus aucuparia en Fragaria species.