Leucoptera psophocarpella

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Leucoptera psophocarpella
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L. psophocarpella
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Leucoptera psophocarpella
Bradley & Carter, 1982

Leucoptera psophocarpella, the winged-bean blotch miner, is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family that is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 4 millimetres (0.16 in).

The larvae feed on Psophocarpus tetragonolobus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine.


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