Parornix atripalpella Wahlström, 1979

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSParornix
SPECIES atripalpella
AUTHORWahlström, 1979
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONParornix atripalpella, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITYSweden, Öland, Kalkstad.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide SW972♂, University Lund; Paratype 1♀, genitalia slide IS3068♀, coll. Svensson.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Wahlström, S. 1979. Parornix atripalpella n. sp. from SE Sweden (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Entomologica Scandinavica 10(2):139-141.
PAGINATION 139-141, figs. 1-2

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
France   Nel, J. 2003b. Entomologie prospectrice: Contribution à la connaissance d'espèces méconnues ou nouvelles pour la France (Lepidoptera). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 108(4):393-400. 397
France Corsica Varenne, T. 2016. Cinquième contribution à l'inventaire des lépidoptères de Corse. - Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 25(4):210-212. 210
Germany   Triberti, P. 1982. Notes on Parornix szoecsi Gozmany (Gracillariidae) and allied species, with description of P. incerta n. sp. - Nota lepidopterologica 5(1):37-42. 38
Italy Sardinia Triberti, P. 1982. Notes on Parornix szoecsi Gozmany (Gracillariidae) and allied species, with description of P. incerta n. sp. - Nota lepidopterologica 5(1):37-42. 38
Italy   Triberti, P. 1982. Notes on Parornix szoecsi Gozmany (Gracillariidae) and allied species, with description of P. incerta n. sp. - Nota lepidopterologica 5(1):37-42. 38
Poland   Biesenbaum, W. 2001. Nachtweise von Parornix atripalpella Wahlström, 1979 in Deutschland (Lep., Gracillariidae). - Melanargia, Nachrichten der Arbeitsgemeinschaft rheinisch-westfälischer Lepidopterologen 13(2):44-47. 46
Sweden   Wahlström, S. 1979. Parornix atripalpella n. sp. from SE Sweden (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Entomologica Scandinavica 10(2):139-141. 139
Switzerland   Buszko, J. 1996. Gracillariidae. In: Karsholt O. & Razowski J. (eds.) Lepidoptera of Europe. A Distributional Checklist. - — :48-54.  
United Kingdom   Hammond, M. 2016. Parornix atripalpella Wahlström, 1979, (Lep.: Gracillariidae) new to Britain from Dungeness - an overlooked resident species? - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 128(1):11-17. 11

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATION PAGE
Rosaceae Prunus spinosa Sweden Svensson, I. 1996. Anmärkningsvärda fynd av smafjärilar (Microlepidoptera) i Sverige 1995. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 117(1-2):49-57. 51
Rosaceae Prunus spinosa Germany Biesenbaum, W. 2001. Nachtweise von Parornix atripalpella Wahlström, 1979 in Deutschland (Lep., Gracillariidae). - Melanargia, Nachrichten der Arbeitsgemeinschaft rheinisch-westfälischer Lepidopterologen 13(2):44-47. 46

*   First a fold is formed on the edge of the leaf, and this later engulfs a significant proportion of the host leaf. Large pale patch created on the upper surface of the leaf (Hammond 2016: 14);