Leucoptera euryphaea

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Leucoptera euryphaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Leucoptera
Species:
L. euryphaea
Binomial name
Leucoptera euryphaea
Turner, 1926

Leucoptera euryphaea is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is known from Australia.

They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.


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