''Parornix'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...

. The

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in 1910.

Species

*'' Parornix acuta'' Triberti, 1980 *'' Parornix alni'' Kumata, 1965 *'' Parornix alpicola'' (Wocke, 1877) *'' Parornix alta'' (Braun, 1925) *'' Parornix altaica'' Noreika & Bidzilya, 2006 *'' Parornix ampliatella'' (Stainton, 1850) *'' Parornix anglicella'' (Stainton, 1850) *'' Parornix anguliferella'' (Zeller, 1847) *'' Parornix arbitrella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix arbutifoliella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix asiatica'' Noreika, 1991 *'' Parornix atripalpella'' Wahlström, 1979 *'' Parornix betulae'' (Stainton, 1854) *'' Parornix bifurca'' Triberti, 1998 *''

Parornix boreasella ''Parornix'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. The genus was Species description, raised by the German Entomology, entomologist Arnold Spuler in 1910. Species *''Parornix acuta'' Triberti, 1980 *''Parornix alni'' Kumata, 1965 ...

'' (Clemens, 1864) *'' Parornix carpinella'' (Frey, 1863) *'' Parornix compressa'' Triberti, 1990 *'' Parornix compsumpta'' Triberti, 1987 *'' Parornix concussa'' (Meyrick, 1933) *'' Parornix conspicuella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix cotoneasterella'' Kuznetzov, 1978 *'' Parornix crataegifoliella'' (Clemens, 1860) *'' Parornix devoniella'' (Stainton, 1850) *'' Parornix dubitella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix ermolaevi'' Kuznetzov, 1979 *'' Parornix errantella'' (Walsingham, 1897) *'' Parornix extrema'' Kuznetzov & Baryschnikova, 2003 *'' Parornix fagivora'' (Frey, 1861) *'' Parornix festinella'' (Clemens, 1860) *'' Parornix finitimella'' (Zeller, 1850) *'' Parornix fragilella'' Triberti, 1981 *'' Parornix fumidella'' Kuznetzov, 1979 *'' Parornix geminatella'' (Packard, 1869) *'' Parornix hastata'' Triberti, 1990 *'' Parornix impressipenella'' (Bilimek, 1867) *'' Parornix incerta'' Triberti, 1982 *'' Parornix innotata'' (Walsingham, 1907) *'' Parornix inusitatumella'' (Chambers, 1873) *'' Parornix kalmiella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix kugitangi'' Noreika, 1991 *'' Parornix kumatai'' Ermolaev, 1993 *'' Parornix loganella'' (Stainton, 1848) *'' Parornix loricata'' Triberti, 1998 *'' Parornix maliphaga'' Kuznetzov, 1979 *'' Parornix maura'' Triberti, 1998 *'' Parornix melanotella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix micrura'' Walsingham, 1914 *'' Parornix minor'' Kumata, 1965 *'' Parornix mixta'' (Triberti, 1980) *'' Parornix multimaculata'' (Matsumura, 1931) *'' Parornix obliterella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix oculata'' (Triberti, 1979) *'' Parornix ornatella'' Triberti, 1981 *'' Parornix peregrinaella'' (Darlington, 1949) *'' Parornix persicella'' Danilevsky, 1955 *'' Parornix petiolella'' (Frey, 1863) *''

Parornix polygrammella ''Parornix polygrammella'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Fennoscandia, Estonia, northern Russia and France. The larvae feed on ''Betula nana''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. References

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'' (Wocke, 1862) *'' Parornix preciosella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix quadripunctella'' (Clemens, 1861) *'' Parornix retrusella'' Kuznetzov, 1979 *'' Parornix scoticella'' (Stainton, 1850) *'' Parornix spiraeifoliella'' (Braun, 1918) *'' Parornix strobivorella'' (Dietz, 1907) *'' Parornix subfinitimella'' Kuznetzov, 1956 *'' Parornix szocsi'' (Gozmány, 1952) *'' Parornix tenella'' (Rebel, 1919) *'' Parornix texanella'' (Busck, 1906) *'' Parornix torquillella'' (Zeller, 1850) *'' Parornix traugotti'' Svensson, 1976 *'' Parornix trepidella'' (Clemens, 1860) *'' Parornix turcmeniella'' Kuznetzov, 1956 *'' Parornix vicinella'' (Dietz, 1907)

Taxonomy

The genus ''Paronix'' comes from ''para'', meaning alongside and ''ornix'' named after the

'' Ornix'' Treitschke, 1833, which refers to ''ornis'', a bird. The genus ''Ornix'' originally included a wide range of feathery-winged

microlepidoptera Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the "smaller moths" ( micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, so are harder to iden ...

in the

Coleophoridae The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in temp ...

and the

. ''Ornix'' was an early

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...

of the genus ''

Coleophora ''Coleophora'' is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae. It contains some 1,350 described species. The genus is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Many authors have t ...

'' as a number of moths were named after birds. The feathery-winged moths were later restricted to ''Paronix''.

References

External links

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Gracillariinae Gracillarioidea genera {{Parornix-stub