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Parectopa bumeliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parectopa
Species:
P. bumeliella
Binomial name
Parectopa bumeliella
Braun, 1939 [1]

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]

The host plants for the species include Sideroxylon lanuginosum and Sideroxylon lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Parectopa bumeliella Braun, 1939[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Braun, A. F. 1939. Notes and new species: Gracilariidae [sic] (Microlepidoptera). - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:279–287.