Leucoptera phaeopasta

Leucoptera phaeopasta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Leucoptera
Species:
L. phaeopasta
Binomial name
Leucoptera phaeopasta
(Turner, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Opostega phaeopasta Turner, 1923

Leucoptera phaeopasta is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae that is known from Australia and was described from Queensland.

They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

  • Turner, A.J. (1923). "New Australian Microlepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 47. Australian Faunal Directory: 165–194.


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