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Leucospilapteryx venustella

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Leucospilapteryx venustella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Leucospilapteryx
Species:
L. venustella
Binomial name
Leucospilapteryx venustella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria venustella Clemens, 1860
  • Leucospilapteryx eupatoriella (Chambers, 1872)
  • Leucospilapteryx eupatoriiella (Chambers, 1878)

Leucospilapteryx venustella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (the Atlantic states, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maryland and Kentucky).[1]

The wingspan is about 6 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Ageratina ageratoides, Ageratina altissima and Eupatorium urticifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. When the larva finishes feeding, it leaves the mine and pupates inside a small cocoon. [3]

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ microleps.org
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