Leucoptera (moth)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Cemiostominae Higher classification Cemiostominae		Phylum Arthropoda Family Lyonetiidae Scientific name Leucoptera Rank Genus

Similar Leucoptera coffeella, Lyonetiidae, Insect, Butterflies and moths, Leucoptera malifoliella

Leucoptera is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae. Its members are leaf borers many of which can cause severe damage to plant crops, such as coffee or apples.

Selected species

Leucoptera aceris (Fuchs, 1903)

Leucoptera acromelas (Turner, 1923)

Leucoptera adenocarpella (Staudinger, 1871)

Leucoptera andalusica Mey, 1994

Leucoptera arethusa Meyrick, 1915

Leucoptera argodes Turner, 1923

Leucoptera argyroptera Turner, 1923

Leucoptera asbolopasta Turner, 1923

Leucoptera astragali Mey & Corley, 1999

Leucoptera auronivea (Walker, 1875)

Leucoptera autograpta Meyrick, 1918

Leucoptera caffeina Washburn, 1940

Leucoptera calycotomella Amsel, 1939

Leucoptera chalcopleura Turner, 1923

Leucoptera chalocycla (Meyrick, 1882)

Leucoptera clerodendrella Vári, 1955

Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)

Leucoptera coma Ghesquière, 1940

Leucoptera coronillae (M. Hering, 1933)

Leucoptera crobylistis Meyrick, 1926 (India)

Leucoptera cytisiphagella Klimesch, 1938

Leucoptera deltidias Meyrick, 1906

Leucoptera diasticha Turner, 1923

Leucoptera ermolaevi Seksjaeva, 1990

Leucoptera euryphaea Turner, 1926

Leucoptera erythrinella Busck, 1900

Leucoptera genistae (M. Hering, 1933)

Leucoptera guettardella Busck, 1900

Leucoptera hemizona Meyrick, 1906

Leucoptera heringiella Toll, 1938

Leucoptera hexatoma Meyrick, 1915 (India)

Leucoptera iolitha Turner, 1923

Leucoptera karsholti Mey, 1994

Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851) - laburnum leaf miner

Leucoptera lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866)

Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)

Leucoptera loxaula Meyrick, 1928

Leucoptera lustratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Leucoptera malifoliella (Costa, 1836)

Leucoptera melanolitha Turner, 1923

Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière, 1940

Leucoptera nieukerkeni Mey, 1994

Leucoptera obelacma Meyrick, 1918

Leucoptera onobrychidella Klimesch, 1937

Leucoptera orobi (Stainton, 1869)

Leucoptera pachystimella Busck, 1904

Leucoptera parinaricola Vári, 1955

Leucoptera periphracta Meyrick, 1915

Leucoptera phaeopasta (Turner, 1923)

Leucoptera plagiomitra Turner, 1923

Leucoptera psophocarpella Bradley & Carter, 1982

Leucoptera puerariella Kuroko, 1964

Leucoptera pulchricola Vári, 1955

Leucoptera robinella Braun, 1925

Leucoptera scammatias Meyrick, 1909

Leucoptera selenocycla Meyrick, 1930

Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti, 1853) (sometimes placed in Paraleucoptera)

Leucoptera sortita Meyrick, 1915

Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, 1813)

Leucoptera sphenograpta Meyrick, 1911

Leucoptera strophidota Turner, 1923

Leucoptera thessalica Mey, 1994

Leucoptera toxeres Turner, 1923

Leucoptera zanclaeella (Zeller, 1848)

Species placed in Paraleucoptera by some authors:

Leucoptera albella (Chambers, 1871) - cottonwood leaf miner

Leucoptera heinrichi Jones, 1947

Species placed in Proleucoptera by some authors:

Leucoptera celastrella (Kuroko, 1964)

Leucoptera oxyphyllella (Kuroko, 1964)

Leucoptera smilactis (Kuroko, 1964)

Leucoptera smilaciella (Busck, 1900)

References

Leucoptera (moth) Wikipedia

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