Paranarsia Explained

Paranarsia joannisiella is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is the only species in the genus Paranarsia.^[1] It is found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Slovenia.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm.^[3]

The larvae possibly feed on Poaceae species.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Klaus . Sattler . 1973 . A catalogue of the family-group and genus-group names of the Gelechiidae, Holcopogonidae, Lecithoceridae and Symmocidae (Lepidoptera) . 28 . 4 . . 153–282.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305212554/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437191 Fauna Europaea
3. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Paranarsia_Joannisiella lepiforum.de
4. http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/CAR_186_106_0491-0500.pdf Bemerkenswerte Nachweise von Schmetterlingen in der Schutt am Dobratsch-Südabhang (Lepidoptera)