Micrurapteryx gerasimovi

Micrurapteryx gerasimovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Micrurapteryx
Species: M. gerasimovi
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx gerasimovi
Ermolaev, 1982

Micrurapteryx gerasimovi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Russian Far East.[1]

The larvae feed on Melilotus suaveolens and Vicia cracca. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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