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Leucoptera psophocarpella

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Leucoptera psophocarpella

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Leucoptera

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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.

References

Leucoptera psophocarpella Wikipedia


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