''Parornix obliterella'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
Pennsylvania,
Kentucky,
Maine and
Vermont in the United States.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on ''Betula lenta
''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' and '' Betula nigra''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
Parornix
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1907
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