Parectopa bumeliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kentucky and Arkansas in the United States.[1] It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1939.[2]
Parectopa bumeliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Parectopa |
Species: | P. bumeliella
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Binomial name | |
Parectopa bumeliella |
The host plants for the species include Sideroxylon lanuginosum and Sideroxylon lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Parectopa bumeliella Braun, 1939[permanent dead link ]
- ^ a b Braun, A. F. 1939. Notes and new species: Gracilariidae [sic] (Microlepidoptera). - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:279–287.