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Genus Leucoptera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited
Lyonetiidae- Leucoptera laburnella - Leucoptera laburnella blotch mine on Laburnum - Leucoptera laburnella Leucoptera pachystimella? ex Paxistima myrsinites - Leucoptera pachystimella Leucoptera pachystimella? ex Paxistima myrsinites - Leucoptera pachystimella Leucoptera reared from Pachystima myrsinites - Leucoptera pachystimella Sebastian Inlet State Park leaf miner on Erythrina herbacea D1242 2018 6 - Leucoptera erythrinella Leucoptera sp. - Leucoptera Leucoptera sp. - Leucoptera
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucoptera Hübner, 1825
Synonyms
Cemiostoma Zeller, 1848
Proleucoptera Busck, 1902 (disputed)
Paraleucoptera Heinrich, 1918 (disputed)
Perileucoptera Silvestri, 1943
Numbers
There are six species of the genus Leucoptera in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
L. erythrinella
L. guettardella
L. laburnella
L. pachystimella
L. robinella
L. spartifoliella
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 August, 2013 - 4:15pm
Last updated 28 August, 2013 - 8:05pm

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