Leucospilapteryx venustella
| Leucospilapteryx venustella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Leucospilapteryx |
| Species: | L. venustella |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) | |
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Leucospilapteryx venustella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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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