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''Parornix minor'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from
Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...
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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
/ref> The wingspan is about 7 mm. The larvae feed on Ericaceae species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.


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Parornix Moths of Japan Moths described in 1965 {{Parornix-stub