Biology:Parectopa lespedezaefoliella

Short description: Species of moth

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

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.

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. The mine has the form of a flat, acutely digitate mine in the upper leaf surface.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7136647 entry