Lyonetia euryella

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Lyonetia euryella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Lyonetia
Species:
L. euryella
Binomial name
Lyonetia euryella
Kuroko, 1964

Lyonetia euryella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is known from the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Yakushima in Japan.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning to the middle of May, from the middle of June to the beginning of July, from the end of July to the beginning of August and from the beginning of September to the beginning of October. There are four generations per year.

The larvae feed on Eurya japonica . They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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