Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis

Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Leucospilapteryx
Species:
L. anaphalidis
Binomial name
Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis
Kumata, 1965[1]

Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 6.0–7.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Anaphalis margaritacea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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