Leucoptera caffeina
Appearance
Leucoptera caffeina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lyonetiidae |
Genus: | Leucoptera |
Species: | L. caffeina
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Binomial name | |
Leucoptera caffeina Washbourn, 1940
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Leucoptera caffeina is a species of moth. This leaf miner is one of several related pests on Coffea species. It is found in Angola, Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania in Africa.[1] Other coffee leafminers include Leucoptera coffeella.
References
[edit]- ^ Filho, O. G. (2006). Coffee leaf miner resistance. Braz. J Plant Physiol. 18:1]