Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis
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Species: | L. anaphalidis
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Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis Kumata, 1965[1]
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Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 6-7.1 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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