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Gracillariidae
33a0132 – 0673   Parornix geminatella (Packard, 1869)
             Unspotted Tentiform Leafminer

Reared - © Charley Eiseman
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Synonymy:
  • geminatella (Packard, 1869) (Lithocolletis) - MONA 1983: 0673
      Type locality: North Atlantic States.
  • pruinrosella Heppner, [2007] 2003 (Parornix) missp. of puinrosella
  • prunionella (Chambers, 1876) (Ornix) missp. of prunivorella
  • puinrosella (Chambers, 1875) (Ornix) missp. of prunivorella
  • prunivorella (Chambers, 1873) (Ornix)
      Type locality: Kentucky.
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Chambers, V.T., 1873. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 5: 50.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Heppner, J.B., [2007] 2003. Lepidoptera of Florida, Part 1: Introduction and Catalog. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, 17: 1-670.
    • Packard, A.S., 1875. Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops: for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists, 353; pl. 8, figs. 15a-c.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Microleps.org
    Parornix geminatella
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