Parafomoria cistivora

Parafomoria cistivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Parafomoria
Species: P. cistivora
Binomial name
Parafomoria cistivora
(Peyerimhoff, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula cistivora Peyerimhoff, 1871
  • Stigmella cistivora

Parafomoria cistivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the western Mediterranean region.

The length of the forewings is 2.3-2.6 mm for males and 2.1-2.6 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of August to the end of October. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Cistus ladanifer, Cistus laurifolius, Cistus monspeliensis, Cistus populifolius and Cistus salviifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, often contorted, narrow corridor that hardly widens towards the end. The frass is deposited in an interrupted central line that never occupies over one third of the corridor width. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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