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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Lyonet Moths (Lyonetiidae) » Cemiostominae » Leucoptera » Scotch broom twig miner - Hodges#0482 (Leucoptera spartifoliella)

Species Leucoptera spartifoliella - Scotch broom twig miner - Hodges#0482

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonet Moths)
Subfamily Cemiostominae
Genus Leucoptera
Species spartifoliella (Scotch broom twig miner - Hodges#0482)
Hodges Number
0482
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, 1810)
Size
Adult: 4mm
Identification
Adult is a tiny white moth
Range
Introduced to California. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Wikipedia
Population Dynamics of Leucoptera spartifoliella
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 January, 2014 - 7:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 July, 2016 - 4:17pm

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