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Parafomoria tingitella

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Parafomoria tingitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Parafomoria
Species:
P. tingitella
Binomial name
Parafomoria tingitella
(Walsingham, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula tingitella Walsingham, 1904
  • Stigmella tingitella

Parafomoria ladaniphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Morocco and Portugal.

The length of the forewings is 1.9–2 mm for males and about 2.2 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to March.

The larvae feed on Tuberaria lignosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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