Leucospilapteryx venustella
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Leucospilapteryx venustella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Leucospilapteryx |
Species: | L. venustella
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Binomial name | |
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860)
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Leucospilapteryx venustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (the Atlantic states, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maryland and Kentucky).[1]
The wingspan is about 6 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Ageratina ageratoides, Ageratina altissima and Eupatorium urticifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. When the larva finishes feeding, it leaves the mine and pupates inside a small cocoon.[3]
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