A Parornix obliterella in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/24/2016).
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Larvae use birch as host plants.
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A Parornix obliterella in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/24/2016).
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Mark Etheridge.
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| Parornix obliterella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Parornix |
| Species: | P. obliterella
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| Binomial name | |
| Parornix obliterella (Dietz, 1907)
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Parornix obliterella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maine and Vermont in the United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Betula lenta and Betula nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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