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''Parornix multimaculata'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the
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 ...
(Hokkaidō), Korea and the Russian Far East.Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
/ref> The wingspan is 8.5–12 mm. The larvae feed on '' Malus baccata'', '' Prunus avium'', '' Prunus maximowiczii'', '' Prunus mume'', '' Prunus sachalinensis'', '' Prunus salicina'', '' Prunus sargentii'' and '' Prunus ussuriensis''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


References

Parornix Moths of Asia Moths described in 1931 {{Parornix-stub