Leucoptera (moth)
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Leucoptera is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae
. Its members are leaf borers many of which can cause severe damage to plant crops, such as coffee
or apples.
Species placed in Paraleucoptera by some authors:
Species placed in Proleucoptera by some authors:
Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned. The larvae are leaf miners.The families Bucculatricidae...
. Its members are leaf borers many of which can cause severe damage to plant crops, such as coffee
Coffea
Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. Seeds of several species are the source of the popular beverage coffee. Coffee ranks as one of the world's most valuable and widely traded...
or apples.
Selected Species
- Leucoptera acerisLeucoptera acerisLeucoptera aceris is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from Latvia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Bulgaria. It has also been recorded from Portugal....
(Fuchs, 1903) - Leucoptera acromelasLeucoptera acromelasLeucoptera acromelas is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Turner, 1923) - Leucoptera adenocarpellaLeucoptera adenocarpellaLeucoptera adenocarpella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.The larvae feed on Adenocarpus decorticans. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a nearly full-depth greenish blotch. The mine is not contracted. The frass is deposited in...
(Staudinger, 1871) - Leucoptera andalusicaLeucoptera andalusicaLeucoptera andalusica is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.The larvae feed on Chamaespartium tridentatum. They either mine in the stems or the broad wings along the stem.-External links:**...
Mey, 1994 - Leucoptera arethusaLeucoptera arethusaLeucoptera arethusa is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1915 - Leucoptera argodesLeucoptera argodesLeucoptera argodes is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera argyropteraLeucoptera argyropteraLeucoptera argyroptera is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera asbolopastaLeucoptera asbolopastaLeucoptera asbolopasta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera astragaliLeucoptera astragaliLeucoptera astragali is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Portugal and Tunisia.The larvae feed on Astragalus lusitanicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a blotch, the end of which occupies a large part of the leaflet. The mine is enlarged in a concentric...
Mey & Corley, 1999 - Leucoptera auroniveaLeucoptera auroniveaLeucoptera auronivea is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Saint Helena....
(Walker, 1875) - Leucoptera autograptaLeucoptera autograptaLeucoptera autograpta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Meyrick, 1918 - Leucoptera caffeinaLeucoptera caffeinaLeucoptera caffeina is a species of moth. This leaf miner is one of several related pests on Coffea species. It is found in Angola, Zaire, Kenia and Tanzania in Africa. Other coffee leafminers include Leucoptera coffeella....
Washburn, 1940 - Leucoptera calycotomellaLeucoptera calycotomellaLeucoptera calycotomella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Corsica, Sardinia and mainland Italy.The larvae feed on Calicotome villosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a very narrow corridor, abruptly widening into a flat blotch...
Amsel, 1939 - Leucoptera chalcopleuraLeucoptera chalcopleuraLeucoptera chalcopleura is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera chalocyclaLeucoptera chalocyclaLeucoptera chalocycla is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1882) - Leucoptera clerodendrellaLeucoptera clerodendrellaLeucoptera clerodendrella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Clerodendrum glabrum....
Vári, 1955 - Leucoptera coffeellaLeucoptera coffeellaThe Coffee leaf miner is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in every coffee-growing country in South America, Central America and the West Indies. It is considered one of the worst pest species on coffee....
(Guérin-Méneville, 1842) - Leucoptera comaLeucoptera comaLeucoptera coma is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Zaire and Uganda. It is considered a pest species on coffee.The larvae feed on Coffea arabica and other Coffea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant....
Ghesquière, 1940 - Leucoptera coronillaeLeucoptera coronillaeLeucoptera coronillae is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in southern France, Spain, Sardinia and mainland Italy.The larvae feed on Cytisus sessilifolius and Cytisus villosus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a violet spot somewhere in the centre of the leaf...
(M. Hering, 1933) - Leucoptera crobylistis Meyrick, 1926 (India)
- Leucoptera cytisiphagellaLeucoptera cytisiphagellaLeucoptera cytisiphagella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Hungary and Bulgaria.The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus austriacus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a very narrow gallery descending along the leaf margin until about halfway down...
Klimesch, 1938 - Leucoptera deltidiasLeucoptera deltidiasLeucoptera deltidias is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1906 - Leucoptera diastichaLeucoptera diastichaLeucoptera diasticha is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera ermolaevi Seksjaeva, 1990
- Leucoptera euryphaeaLeucoptera euryphaeaLeucoptera euryphaea is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1926 - Leucoptera erythrinella Busck, 1900
- Leucoptera genistaeLeucoptera genistaeLeucoptera genistae is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria.The larvae feed on Genista anglica and Genista germanica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are undistinguishable from those of Leucoptera laburnella The mine...
(M. Hering, 1933) - Leucoptera guettardella Busck, 1900
- Leucoptera hemizonaLeucoptera hemizonaLeucoptera hemizona is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1906 - Leucoptera heringiellaLeucoptera heringiellaLeucoptera heringiella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from Poland to Macedonia and Bulgaria and in southern Russia.The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus austriacus, Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Chamaecytisus supinus and Lembotropis nigricans. They mine the leaves of their host plant...
Toll, 1938 - Leucoptera hexatoma Meyrick, 1915 (India)
- Leucoptera iolithaLeucoptera iolithaLeucoptera iolitha is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera karsholtiLeucoptera karsholtiLeucoptera karsholti is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Marokko.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Mey, 1994 - Leucoptera laburnellaLeucoptera laburnellaThe Laburnum Leaf Miner is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the European part of Russia and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula...
(Stainton, 1851) -Laburnum Leaf Miner - Leucoptera lathyrifoliellaLeucoptera lathyrifoliellaLeucoptera lathyrifoliella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Finland, Germany and England.The larvae feed on Lathyrus linifolius, Lathyrus pratensis and Lathyrus sylvestris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a flat, upper-surface, oval blotch...
(Stainton, 1866) - Leucoptera lotellaLeucoptera lotellaLeucoptera lotella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from Denmark to Portugal, Italy and Croatia, and from Great Britain to Poland and Hungary....
(Stainton, 1859) - Leucoptera loxaulaLeucoptera loxaulaLeucoptera loxaula is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.The larvae feed on Pavetta assimilis....
Meyrick, 1928 - Leucoptera lustratellaLeucoptera lustratellaLeucoptera lustratella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Belarus and Romania....
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) - Leucoptera malifoliellaLeucoptera malifoliellaThe Pear Leaf Blister Moth, Ribbed Apple Leaf Miner or Apple Leaf Miner is a moth of the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in all of Europe.This wingspan is about 8 mm...
(Costa, 1836) - Leucoptera melanolithaLeucoptera melanolithaLeucoptera melanolitha is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera meyrickiLeucoptera meyrickiLeucoptera meyricki is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Angola, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia and Madagascar. It is considered one of the worst pest species on coffee....
Ghesquière, 1940 - Leucoptera nieukerkeniLeucoptera nieukerkeniLeucoptera nieukerkeni is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is endemic to Greece.The larvae feed on Acer monspessulanum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:**...
Mey, 1994 - Leucoptera obelacmaLeucoptera obelacmaLeucoptera obelacma is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Meyrick, 1918 - Leucoptera onobrychidellaLeucoptera onobrychidellaLeucoptera onobrychidella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from France to Poland and Hungary.The larvae feed on Onobrychis arenaria, Onobrychis sativa and Onobrychis viciifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a more or less oval, primary blotch with...
Klimesch, 1937 - Leucoptera orobiLeucoptera orobiLeucoptera orobi is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Finland, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia and Scotland.There are two generations in England. The first generation hatches from hibernated pupae during May, and the second generation flies during July...
(Stainton, 1869) - Leucoptera pachystimella Busck, 1904
- Leucoptera parinaricolaLeucoptera parinaricolaLeucoptera parinaricola is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Parinari capensis....
Vári, 1955 - Leucoptera periphractaLeucoptera periphractaLeucoptera periphracta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1915 - Leucoptera phaeopastaLeucoptera phaeopastaLeucoptera phaeopasta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia and was described from Queensland.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Turner, 1923) - Leucoptera plagiomitraLeucoptera plagiomitraLeucoptera plagiomitra is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:**...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera psophocarpellaLeucoptera psophocarpellaThe Winged-bean Blotch Miner is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea.The wingspan is about 4 mm....
Bradley & Carter, 1982 - Leucoptera puerariellaLeucoptera puerariellaLeucoptera puerariella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is 4-5 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July and again from May. There are two to three generations per year....
Kuroko, 1964 - Leucoptera pulchricolaLeucoptera pulchricolaLeucoptera pulchricola is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Ochna pulchra....
Vári, 1955 - Leucoptera robinella Braun, 1925
- Leucoptera scammatiasLeucoptera scammatiasLeucoptera scammatias is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Meyrick, 1909 - Leucoptera sinuellaLeucoptera sinuellaLeucoptera sinuella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands...
(Reutti, 1853) (sometimes placed in Paraleucoptera) - Leucoptera sortitaLeucoptera sortitaLeucoptera sortita is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1915 - Leucoptera spartifoliellaLeucoptera spartifoliellaLeucoptera spartifoliella is a species of moth in family Lyonetiidae known by the common name Scotch broom twig miner. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed known as Scotch broom ....
(Hübner, 1813) - Leucoptera strophidotaLeucoptera strophidotaLeucoptera strophidota is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera thessalicaLeucoptera thessalicaLeucoptera thessalica is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Greece.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Mey, 1994 - Leucoptera toxeresLeucoptera toxeresLeucoptera toxeres is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera zanclaeellaLeucoptera zanclaeellaLeucoptera zanclaeella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Sicily, Dalmatia and France.The larvae feed on Cytisus villosus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:**...
(Zeller, 1848)
Species placed in Paraleucoptera by some authors:
- Leucoptera albellaLeucoptera albellaThe Cottonwood Leaf Miner is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from North America and is probably present throughout the commercial range of cottonwood....
(Chambers, 1871) -Cottonwood Leaf Miner - Leucoptera heinrichi Jones, 1947
Species placed in Proleucoptera by some authors:
- Leucoptera celastrellaLeucoptera celastrellaLeucoptera celastrella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is 6.5-8.5 mm. Adults are on wing from the middle of May to the beginning of June. There are two generations per year....
(Kuroko, 1964) - Leucoptera oxyphyllellaLeucoptera oxyphyllellaLeucoptera oxyphyllella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of August and again from the beginning of May. There are two generations per year....
(Kuroko, 1964) - Leucoptera smilactisLeucoptera smilactisLeucoptera smilactis is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is 6-8 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of June and from the beginning to the end of August. Larvae of the autumn generation spin a cocoon at the beginning of November and hibernate. The adults appear...
(Kuroko, 1964) - Leucoptera smilaciellaLeucoptera smilaciellaThe Greenbrier Leaf Miner is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from North America, from Pennsylvania to Florida and Texas....
(Busck, 1900)