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