Parafomoria ladaniphila
| Parafomoria ladaniphila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Parafomoria |
| Species: | P. ladaniphila
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| Binomial name | |
| Parafomoria ladaniphila (Mendes, 1910)
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Parafomoria ladaniphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Portugal and southern Spain.
The length of the forewings is 1.7-1.85 mm for males and 1.7-1.8 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Cistus ladanifer. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short, very narrow, almost invisible gallery, soon becoming a full depth circular blotch, in which the frass is concentrated in a circular spot in the centre. The larva often hides beneath the aggregation of frass. The leaf swells in the position of the mine, forming a blister on the leaf underside. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
External links[edit]
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- The Cistaceae-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the western Palaearctic region
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