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Leucoptera andalusica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lyonetiidae

Scientific name
  
Leucoptera andalusica

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leucoptera

Rank
  
Species

Leucoptera andalusica is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family that is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Chamaespartium tridentatum. They either mine in the stems or the broad wings along the stem.

The mine is frass, is not contrasted and is greenish in colour.

References

Leucoptera andalusica Wikipedia