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Leucoptera (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Cemiostominae

Higher classification
  
Cemiostominae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Lyonetiidae

Scientific name
  
Leucoptera

Rank
  
Genus

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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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