Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis
| Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Leucospilapteryx |
| Species: | L. anaphalidis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis Kumata, 1965[1]
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Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 6.0–7.1 mm.
The larvae feed on Anaphalis margaritacea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear mine on the underside of the leaf, later it becomes a swollen blotch. The cocoon is made on a fold of the leaf and is elliptical, very elongate and brownish.
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