Leucoptera oxyphyllella

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Leucoptera oxyphyllella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Leucoptera
Species:
L. oxyphyllella
Binomial name
Leucoptera oxyphyllella
(Kuroko, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Proleucoptera oxyphyllellaKuroko, 1964

Leucoptera oxyphyllella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Kyushu island of Japan.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of August and again from the beginning of May. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Euonymus oxyphyllus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an upper surface digitate-blotch mine. It is pale green. The blackish grains of frass are arranged radially from the central patch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a white cocoon.


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