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| Leucoptera coffeella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Leucoptera |
| Species: | L. coffeella |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842) | |
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Leucoptera coffeella (coffee leaf miner) is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in every coffee-growing country in South America, Central America and the West Indies. It is considered one of the worst pest species of coffee.
The wingspan is about 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in).
The larvae feed on Coffea arabica .
Predators of Leucoptera coffeella include Protonectarina sylveirae and Synoeca cyanea , social wasps found in Brazil. [1]
