Micrurapteryx sophorella

Micrurapteryx sophorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Micrurapteryx
Species:
M. sophorella
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx sophorella
Kuznetzov, 1979

Micrurapteryx sophorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus and Uzbekistan.[1]

The larvae feed on Sophora species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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