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Parornix maliphaga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Parornix maliphaga

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Parornix

Rank
  
Species

Parornix maliphaga is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the central Asian part of Russia and the Russian Far East.

The larvae feed on Malus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Parornix maliphaga Wikipedia